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CPU

Thomas Freeman English 9 cards

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1What is CACHEcache is a type of computer memory which can be accessed much faster than RAM
2What is the purpose of a CPUthe brain/to process data
3What are the functions of a CPUfetch, decode, execute.
4What is the benefit of having multiple coresmore cores processing data in cycles at once. simultaneously.
5what is clock speedhow many cycles per second
6Where does the CPU fetch fromCache and RAM and secondary storage
7What are the different levels of cache and what are their purposeswhen the data is fetched from the RAM it is loaded into lvl2 which piles up handing a task at a time to lvl1
8what is the ALUdecoder
9how is data processedos > RAM > Control Unit(if involves input or output) > cycle (fetch(RAM/CACHE), decode (ALU), execute, store (register)