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CPU

Kayleigh Park Computing GCSE English 7 cards

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1What is the cycle a CPU goes through?Fetch
Decode
Execute
2Where in the CPU does the cycle happen?It happens in the core. In a good, quick CPU there are multiple cores. Normally 4.
31Hz (Hertz)1 Instruction per second
4What is the Cache?It is where the CPU gets the info. Instead of using the RAM in uses something in the CPU so it can decode the message quicker.
5Function of a CPU?A CPU is the brains of the computer. It carries out the instructions of a computer, makes in run.
6Clock Speed?It is measured in Hertz. 1 Hertz means 1 cycle in 1 second, 2 Hertz means 2 cycles in 1 second and so on.
7Core?One core can only do 1 task at a time, so normally a CPU has multiple cores so multiple tasks can be done at the same time.