x86 is a classic microprocessor architecture. I'm confident it is not outdated yet, as im using a fairly modern x86 desktop right now at the moment. RAM and chipset are separate from the processor.
> x86 desktop right now at the moment. RAM and chipset
"chipset" is very different than a traditional microprocessor chipset though on that. E.g. you don't have an exposed system bus outside the CPU, but rather specialized interfaces. (And ARM systems have evolved the same way over their history)
Modern x86 CPUs integrate the DRAM controller directly (e.g. with Intel ever since Nehalem, ~2008) and not over a bus through the northbridge. From that point on I wouldn't count it if you insist on a strict definition, no - it's roughly the same as if you put a socket between a current higher-end ARM chip with external memory and the connected DRAM chips. Chipset is relegated to dealing with I/O to peripherals mostly - and nowadays the CPUs also provide PCIe lanes directly, with the chipset often adding a few more, often slower ones.
Traditional microprocessors are getting really rare, even though pretty much all the modern architectures started as them, and thus some use the term more widely. Some vendors use the differentiation between microcontrollers and application processors now, which also isn't a 100% clear line and explicit crossover models existing, but more useful today and avoids the fights over "what's a microprocessor today". (where "application processor" ~ "can reasonably run a full OS like Linux"). But that's also often limited to discussion in embedded use cases again, e.g. I don't know if they'd call a standard desktop CPU that or insist on some arbitrary level of "embeddedness"... Not that standard desktop CPUs don't end up embedded, but that's another discussion entirely.
For the article, i don't want to leave it standing as it is. Redefining "Microprocessors" as "having an MMU" is making communication about these topics very unpleasant, especially when its about Retrocomputing. Same pains as i ranted about in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30278936 .
It has a x86 Microprocessor architecture, but it is not IBM PC compatible because it does not has an BIOS, instead using a more embedded-style RedBoot setup.
Maybe you should do a quick web search before talking shit.
> LPC is a family of 32-bit microcontroller integrated circuits by NXP Semiconductors.
Not a microprocessor. You are the second guy to pull this on me. Do people even read what i write? Did i write unclearly?