Microprocessor Role in the Internet of Things (IoT) Domain: A Review

Abstract

The microprocessor of any computing  device should be right-provisioned as it acts as the brain of any embedded system and the Internet of Things (IoT) is the new name of recent embedded systems. However, as the number of connected devices with the internet is increased, fixed microarchitecture design is considered a drawback in the context of IoT. The aim of current paper is to illustrate the previous research work related to the device microprocessor in the IoT domain. Additionally, the functions of the IoT applications are classified and the IoT microarchitecture configurations are illustrated. Right-provisioned microprocessors ensure efficient IoT edge computing and appropriate microarchitecture resources/configurations utilization.