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  • noun Plural form of co-processor.

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  • For the PS3, the company partnered with IBM and Toshiba on a radically advanced computer chip that integrates the CPU with eight co-processors to simultaneously handle massive amounts of data (dubbed CELL), along with a graphics chip from Nvidia (nicknamed the Reality Synthesizer).

    The Next Game Wars 2007

  • AMD took the wraps off a licensing program designed to get other companies making co-processors or "accelerator" chips that link to the primary chips in a server, helping AMD-based systems take on more complex tasks.

    AMD Puts Power Play On IntelPower Play 2006

  • Multicore CPUs will kill graphics cards/co-processors.

    Troubles with Tribbles 2006

  • Instead, Silicon Valley is producing an array of low-end access devices (Wintegra, AMCC) and high-end co-processors (Cavium, Raza, NetLogic) and specialized hardwired Ethernet switches (Broadcom, Marvell).

    No Love For Net Processors George Gilder 2006

  • The processors include dedicated 3D graphics accelerators and video co-processors that support full 1080p HD video playback and streaming, graphics and user interfaces, taking driving in-dash or rear-seat multimedia and multitasking experiences to the next level.

    unknown title 2012

  • Discretix develops embedded security co-processors and a broad range of security applications.

    Marketwire - Breaking News Releases 2010

  • TeraNet 2, providing high bandwidth and low latency interconnection of all of the SoC elements; -- A Multicore Shared Memory Controller allowing faster on-chip and external memory access; -- High-performance layer 1, layer 2 and network co-processors.

    FOXNews.com 2010

  • The Company began selling memory chips, CPUs, and math co-processors on computer bulletin-boards, prior to the dramatic growth of the Internet.

    Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34; 2010

  • The Procelerant RMS420-5520DT is the latest RadiSys embedded server, designed specifically for parallel processing, incorporating high-performance multi-core Intel Xeon processors, and offering support for high-performance graphics cards and/or additional co-processors.

    BN - Broadcast Newsroom-news 2010

  • IBM's microcode turns them into co-processors for regular mainframe engines.

    The Register 2010

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