Computer performance

Computer performance

1. Cache

2. Clock Speed

   • definition
     • the operating speed of a computer or its microprocessor, expressed in cycles per second (megahertz).
   • what?
     • cycles per second
       • fetch-decode-execute cycle
         • instructions

3. RAM

4. Cores

   • definition
     • What is a core in a processor? A quad-core processor is a chip with four independent units called cores that read and execute central processing unit (CPU) instructions such as add, move data, and branch
   • why?
     • minimiun specification for software being met
     • good for multitasking