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A microprocessor is a type of computer processor where the logic and control for data processing are housed on a single integrated circuit or a few interconnected integrated circuits. The integrated circuit has the ability to understand, carry out, and perform arithmetic operations.
The microprocessor is a multifunctional, clock-driven, register-based, digital integrated circuit. It receives binary data as input, processes it in accordance with instructions stored in its memory, and outputs the results (also in binary form).
The global flexible plastic microprocessor market accounted for $XX Billion in 2021 and is anticipated to reach $XX Billion by 2030, registering a CAGR of XX% from 2024 to 2030.
A flexible microchip made of plastic is made available by ARM. Its recently unveiled plastic-based microchip makes it possible for the most complicated flexible microprocessor to date to have 18000 logic gates, which is a 12 times increase over earlier models.Instead of using silicon, as is the case with conventional CPUs, PlasticArm was constructed using “metal-oxide thin-film transistor technology on a flexible substrate.” Although the processor isn’t very powerful, it might have a significant impact on connected devices.
With processors becoming more and more commonplace, there remained still a barrier to be crossed when building genuine networks of electronics: the simple, daily items requiring physical flexibility of materials, like clothing, packaging, and even bandages.
Despite the fact that processors’ production prices were falling every year, it was still too expensive for them to be included in common goods.
The relationship between ARM and PragmaticIC resulted in the public release of PlasticARM, which offers the ability to create flexible electronic devices that could be printed on different substrates including paper, plastic, or metal foil.
They provide a number of benefits over silicon, such as thinness, conformability, and low manufacturing costs, by using thin film semiconductor materials such organics, metal oxides, or amorphous silicon.
The first commercially viable flexible plastic microprocessor chips, known as FlexiCores, have been created by a team of researchers from The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in partnership with the manufacturer of flexible electronics PragmatIC Semiconductor.
FlexiCores can make commonplace items like bandages, packages, and bottles “smart” and can be mass produced for less than a penny per unit.
The legendary 6502 processor, which PragmatIC and its collaborators designed for their flexible plastic technology, was previously exhibited, but this is the first project to examine the performance, power, size, and yield trade-offs of the technology.
An 8-bit 6502 plastic processor was developed by imec in Belgium in collaboration with the foundry PragmatIC Semiconductor and KU Leuven.
