CPU (CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT)

CPU (CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT)

1. FACTORS WHICH AFFECT THE PERFORMANCE OF A CPU

   • HEAT

2. PURPOSE

   • SOMETIMES REFEERED TO AS THE BRAIN OF THE COMPUTER
   • SOMETIMES KNOWN AS THE PROCESSOR OR THE MICROPROCESSOR
   • THE CPU IS RESPONSIBLE FOR EXECUTING A SEQUENCE OF KNOWN INSTRUCTIONS
   • THIS PROGRAM WILL TAKE INPUTS FROM AN INPUT DEVICE , PROCESS THE INPUTS IN SOME WAY THEN OUTPUT THE RESULTS TO AN OUTPUT DEVIXCE

3. FETCH,EXECUTE DECODE CYCLE

4. RESEARCH ON THE CPU

   • IN APRIL 1970, INTEL HIRED AN ITALIAN MAN CALLED FREDERICO FAGGIN