CPU
A general-purpose processor, rarely efficient for mining.
A CPU (central processing unit) is the flexible general-purpose chip in every computer. A few algorithms are designed to stay CPU-friendly, but for most coins a CPU is far too slow to mine profitably.
GPU coins such as Pearl and Quantus need the parallel maths of a graphics card, so the CPU is left out of the mining work.
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