Processor design is a subfield of computer engineering and electronics engineering (fabrication) that deals with creating a processor, a key component of computer hardware.. The design process involves choosing an instruction set and a certain execution paradigm (e.g. VLIW or RISC) and results in a microarchitecture, which might be described in e.g. VHDL or Verilog.

Computing Hardware. Processor (computing) Central processing unit (CPU), the hardware within a computer that executes a program . Microprocessor, a central processing unit contained on a single integrated circuit (IC) . Application-specific instruction set processor (ASIP), a component used in system-on-a-chip design; Graphics processing unit (GPU), a processor designed for …