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- 1What is the purpose of a CPU?The purpose of a CPU is to Fetch, Decode & Execute Instructions. The more cores the faster it will decode and the faster the clock speed the faster the CPU will fetch Data.
- 2What is the closest Data Store to Fetch?The Cache is the closest Data Store to the Decoder. This means that the larger the cache the quicker it will be to fetch; shortening the total Clock Speed.
- 3What is the purpose of RAM?RAM is a Data store and stands for Random Access Memory. It is the second closest data store to the cores. Like the cache the more data stored in it the quicker the clock speed. Also, every time the device is turned off the RAM is emptied/refreshed
- 4What is Clock Speed?Clock Speed is how long it takes for the fetchers to fetch data. The faster it is the faster the cores can decode the inputted instructions.
- 5What is MDR?
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