Sentence examples for processor needs from inspiring English sources

When the processor needs a piece of data from the PC memory, the memory controller is in charge of going out to get it.

When the processor needs the user process to execute a kernel code, the process become in kernel mode with administrative privileges.

The general purpose processor needs event-based operating systems (OS) tailored for sensor network applications such as TinyOS[2] used in Berkeley motes.

The level 1 cache is for instructions and data that the processor needs to keep close at hand, while level 2 is where commands and instructions get in line.

In the interpolation algorithm described in Section 2, it is known that the quarter-pixel interpolation processor needs to filter the results of the half-pixel horizontal interpolation in a vertical direction.

In the Cortex-M3, interrupt handlers can be programmed completely in C, whereas in ARM7, an assembly handler is commonly used to ensure that all registers are saved and, in cases of systems with nested interrupt support, the processor needs to switch to a different mode to prevent losing information.

In 1996, it paid $625m for a company called NexGen that had a great design for a sixth-generation processor, needing only a few tweaks to make it capable of volume production.

How many cores does a processor need before it's officially overkill?

If you set Thunderbird to be the default mail client, other applications (such as your web browser, or word processor) need to be restarted to be aware of the change.

Therefore, each new generation of VLIW processors needs a new compiler back end.

Mitigating development challenges for many-core processors needs a communication-centric cross-layer optimization method.