Nikon EXPEED processor
Expeed. Nikon's new processor makes a number of sophisticated in-camera processes possible.
 

Processor. The Nikon D3 uses an EXPEED processor, which has the same name as the processor in the D300. That name will be used on all future cameras, including the Coolpix point & shoot line, but it appears that we won't know what kind or speed of processor will be in each. The processor in the D3 has a 16-bit pipeline and is the engine for processing the 14-bit color data from analog to digital at such a rapid rate. It also enables such impressive features as the Scene Recognition System, in-camera Lateral Chromatic Aberration Correction, and Active D-Lighting, detailed below.