Flashcards

CPU

Poppy Hunt English 8 cards

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1CPUCentral Processing Unit
2Purpose of the CPUFetch, decode and execute instructions
3Impact of Cache and RAMSpeeds up the process because it can fetch instructions faster and from a closer source
4Impact of multiple coresSpeeds up CPU as it can process more than one thing at a time
5Impact of clockspeedA faster clockspeed means a CPU can fetch, decode and execute instructions faster
6FDE cycleFetch, decode and execute instructions. One cycle per core.
7Cache MemoryA memory store inside the CPU, which is fast to access and has three levels
8Control Unit