Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Computer
Performance
- CASHE
- What?
- Cache memory is important because it
provides data to a CPU faster than main
memory, which increases the processor's
speed. ... The data that is stored in cache
is usually the data and commands most
often used by the CPU.
- Why?
- Cache memory holds frequently used
instructions/data which the processor
may require next and it is faster
access memory than RAM, since it is
on the same chip as the processor.
- Clock
speed
- What
- In a computer, clock speed refers to the number of pulses per
second generated by an oscillator that sets the tempo for the
processor.
- Why
- To make your applications run faster
- RAM
- Why
- RAM upgrades are thought to speed
up a computer; however, in actuality,
they help computers avoid
bottlenecking effects when trying to
run a lot of high-memory programs.
- How
- Random access memory (RAM)
is the best known form of
computer memory.