Procesor

**whoda** · 04-28-2009, 08:42 AM

Hello,

Is a processor the same device as a CPU?

**WingedPanther** · 04-28-2009, 08:45 AM

Yes. CPU = Central Processing Unit.

**John** · 04-28-2009, 09:17 PM

A CPU is a processor, but it is not the only processor. You probably also have a GPU - graphics processing unit.

**Turk4n** · 04-28-2009, 11:29 PM

Or you could also have a NPU :<
Network Processing Unit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jordan · 04-29-2009, 07:08 AM

Or a BPU (Business Processing Unit) - oh wait, thats not in a computer.

**John** · 04-29-2009, 08:30 AM

Or a Global Processing Unit.

**tossy** · 05-02-2009, 12:13 AM

As I know I don't think we can say a processor is the same thing as a CPU. It used to be, but nowadays we have processors for other functions (like the GPU) and even multiple processors on a single chip. I'd call the chip as a whole the CPU and the 4 cores processors.

**TkTech** · 05-03-2009, 07:52 PM

Actually, your terms are a bit mixed up. Generally, the CPU is called a processor, with the individual literal or virtual (hyper-threading) cores being called ... cores.

So my new Quad core Processor/CPU has 4 cores.