Coprocessor
A
coprocessor is a
chip used to suplement the functions of the primary
computer's
processor. For example, the
Intel 80386 microprocessor used an optional "math"
coprocessor to calculate
floating point operations via
hardware. Sometimes the
CPU is made of coprocessors, instead of a single
processor chip. This was the case of the
Nintendo 64 console. Today is rare to see a coprocessor in computer architecture.
