MICROPROCESSOR AND MICROCONTROLLER

Detailed explanation-1: -A microcontroller is an integrated circuit (IC) designed to govern a specific operation in an embedded system. These single chips have onboard RAM, ROM and peripherals. Microcontrollers have been referred to as single microcomputers.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Intel 4004 was the world’s first microprocessor-a complete general-purpose CPU on a single chip. Released in March 1971, and using cutting-edge silicon-gate technology, the 4004 marked the beginning of Intel’s rise to global dominance in the processor industry.

Detailed explanation-3: -A microcomputer chip, often simply referred to as a microchip or just chip, is an integrated circuit component that is the building block of a computer system. Typically, microcomputer chips are very large-scale integrated circuit components (VLSI) containing millions to tens of millions of transistors.