| 2026-01-09 | Apple core? |
| 2025-06-14 | Intel asset, for short |
| 2024-09-02 | PC "brain" |
| 2024-06-18 | PC core |
| 2023-11-18 | Apple core, for short |
| 2023-04-06 | PC "brain" |
| 2022-11-20 | PC component |
| 2022-02-13 | Brains of a tech start-up? |
| 2020-10-06 | Heart of a computer, for short |
| 2020-09-02 | PC core |
| 2020-08-25 | PC component |
| 2020-07-02 | PC "brain" |
| 2020-02-18 | PC core |
| 2019-08-02 | PC "brain" |
| 2018-12-10 | Computer's "brain," for short |
| 2018-08-11 | Computer hardware inits. |
| 2017-11-27 | PC "brain" |
| 2017-08-21 | PC part, for short |
| 2017-03-14 | PC "brain" |
| 2016-09-21 | Its speed is usually measured in GHz |
| 2015-06-27 | Core of a tablet, briefly |
| 2015-04-06 | Computer's "brain," for short |
| 2014-02-17 | Heart of a computer, for short |
| 2013-07-25 | Mainframe brain, for short |
| 2013-04-30 | Core component of a PC |
| 2013-02-17 | Apple core, briefly |
| 2013-02-03 | PC component |
| 2012-09-14 | Intel product, for short |
| 2011-12-27 | PC's brain |
| 2011-09-07 | PC "brain" |
| 2011-05-10 | PC's "brain" |
| 2011-02-12 | Hi-tech "guts" |
| 2010-10-20 | Hi-tech heart |
| 2010-10-05 | "Brain" of a computer, briefly |
| 2009-11-28 | Hi-tech heart |
| 2008-05-29 | Chip in a Dell, briefly |
| 2006-11-28 | PC's "brain" |
| 2006-03-07 | Robot's "brains," for short |
| 2006-01-08 | Core of a PC |
| 2005-10-14 | High-tech heart, for short |
| 2005-09-25 | PC "brain" |
| 2004-10-15 | Important chip, briefly |
| 2004-03-22 | PC core: Abbr. |
| 2003-12-10 | PC innards: Abbr. |
| 2003-10-19 | Heart of a PC |
| 2001-08-07 | PC "brain" |
| 2001-01-15 | Computer's core, briefly |
| 1997-11-15 | I.B.M. "brain" |
| 1997-03-19 | Computer's "guts," for short |
| 1996-11-06 | Computer's heart, for short |
| 1996-06-20 | Computer center, for short |
| 1994-12-28 | Computer's heart: Abbr. |
| 1994-08-18 | Computer's heart, for short |