Advantages and disadvantages of microprocessor

A microprocessor is a basic computer-based processor that incorporates the function of a central processing unit on a single integrated circuit, or at most a few integrated circuits. Here this post gives information about the advantages and disadvantages of the microprocessor to better understand this topic.

Advantages of a microprocessor:

• The microprocessor is that these are general purpose electronics processing devices which can be programmed to execute a number of tasks
• Compact size
• High speed
• Low power consumption
• It is portable
• It is very reliable
• Less heat generation
• The microprocessor is very versatile
• The microprocessor is its speed, which is measured in basically Hertz. For instance, a microprocessor with a measured speed 3 GHz, shortly GHz is capable of performing 3 billion tasks per second
• The microprocessor is that it can quickly move data between the various memory location

Disadvantages of a microprocessor:

• The main disadvantages are it's overheating physically
• It is only based on machine language
• The overall cost is high
• The large size of PCB is required for assembling all components
• The physical size of the product is big
• Overall product design requires more time
• A discrete component is used, the system is not reliable
• Most of the microprocessor does not support floating point operations
• The processor  has a limitation on the size of data
• This processor should not contact with the other external devices
• The microprocessor does not have any internal peripheral like ROM, RAM and other I/O devices

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