The Processor               

• The processor is a device that can only follow the instruction given to it by the programmer.
  
• The processor is responsible for all the control of computer system like the brain in human.
  
• The major difference between the computer processor and the human brain is that it is incapable of Independent and creative thoughts,  
  Generating new ideas and learning. 
  
• Brains of the computer
  
• Carries out instructions given by user
  
• Manipulate the data
  
• Most computers have one more processors
  Processors made of silicon and copper

There are different types of processors available today.

Intel - Pentium, Celeron and Xeon Processors,
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) -  Duron and Athlon processors (biggest processor manufactures for the PC.
Centaur Technologies  - Cyrix processor
Sun Micro Systems – SPARC chip

Processors manufactures for the Apple computer.
IBM - PowerPC
Motorola - Motorola 6800

The most modern processors being manufactured are the Hyper-threading processors and the 64-bit processors.