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CPU DB: recording microprocessor history

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Communications of the ACM, Volume 55, Issue 4

Pages 55 - 63

https://doi.org/10.1145/2133806.2133822

Published: 01 April 2012 Publication History

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With this open database, you can mine microprocessor trends over the past 40 years.

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April 2012

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DOI:10.1145/2133806

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