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1What is FDE?FDE is the fetch, decode and execute cycle.
2What is the purpose of the CPU?The purpose of the CPU is to fetch, decode and execute instructions.
3What is clock speed?Clock speed is the number of cycles a CPU executes per second.
4What is the difference between the FDE cycle and the computing cycle?FDE is the cycle of fetch decode and execute while the computing cycle is input process output and storage. Also a FDE cycle is what a CPU does and the computing cycle is what a computer does.
5Why is the FDE cycle considered a cycle?Its considered a cycle because it is repeated continuously.
6What is a core?a core is a single processor
7What is a CPU?a CPU is a control processing unit
8How do you measure clock speed?hertz (Hz): one cycle per second
megahertz (MHz): one million cycles per second
gigahertz (GHz): one billion cycles per second
9What is a Cache?temporary storage located in the CPU used to store frequently used data
10What is a RAM?RAM is Random Access Memory
11What are some ways you can improve the performance of the CPU?Ways you could improve the CPU are:
-Adding more cores to speed up the FDE cycle
-Increase the clock speed to make the CPU run faster
-Get a bigger cache to reduce the time the CPU waits for data
12What is Gigahetrz (GHz)?Gigahertz (GHz)= one billion/1,000,000,000
13What is Megahertz (MHz)?Megahertz (MHz)= one million/1,000,000
14What is Herz (Hz)?Herz (Hz)= one/1
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