Computing Performance

Computing Performance

1. CPU

   • What?
     • Processes data and instructions by using he fetch-decode-execute cycle.

2. Clock speed

   • What?
     • How many times the CPU can perform the fetch-decoed-execute cycle per second.
     • How?
       • Programs and dara will load faster.

3. Hertz [Hz]

   • What?
     • The measurement units that we use to show the clock speed of the CPU.
     • How

4. Cores

   • What?
     • Independent processors in the CPU performing the fetch-decode-execute cycle simultaneously. They allow the CPU to multi-task
     • How?
       • Programs and data will load faster.

5. Cache

   • What?
     • The memory in the CPU needed to store to frequency accessed data.
     • How?
       • A cache is a smaller faster memory located closer to a processor core which stores copies of the data from frequently used main memory locations.

6. Ram

   • What?
     • The physical hardware inside a computer that temporarily stores data, serving as the computers working memory. Also RAM allows the computer to work more things at the same time