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CPU
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- 1What does 'CPU' stand forCentral processing unit
- 2Where's the quickest place a CPU can collect dataCache
- 3What is the purpose of the CPU?Carries out all the processing in the computer.
- 4What are the functions of a CPU?A CPU Fetches the instructions from memory; Decodes the instruction to find out what processing to do and executes the instruction
- 5What are the benefits of having multiple cores?They can't work together but 4 of them can decode at once.
- 6What is clock speed?The speed the CPU can finish the fetch/execute cycle
- 7Where does the CPU fetch from?It goes to the cache and if it's no in there it'll go into the main memory, this is then copied to cache and then transferred to the CPU.
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- GCSE Computer Science Flashcards on CPU , created by mmm hmm on 03/01/2017.
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- mmm hmm · Jan 2017
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