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The CPU- What you need to know
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The CPU- What you need to know
- State the purpose of the CPU Describe the function of the CPU as fetching and executing instructions stored in the memoryExplain how common characteristics of CPUs such as clock speed, cache size and number of cores affect their performance.
Types
- RISC
- CISC
Parts of
- Control Unit
- The CU, which is also called the controller, controls data moving through the processor, and controls the timing of operations and the instructions sent to the processor and the peripheral devices
- Aritimatic and Logic unit
- Immediate access store
- A register is a small amount of fast temporary memory within the processor where the ALU or the CU can store and change values needed to execute instructions
- Control Unit
Factors that effect performance
- Cache size
- Clock speed
- Cores
- What is Benchmarking
- Is a test to assess the performance of a computer
Purpose
- Fetch- Decode- Execute cycle
- Decodes data
- Execute instructions
- Fetch data
- Brain of the computer
- The purpose of the CPU is to process data
- Fetch- Decode- Execute cycle
Information
- Description
- Use this mind map as a starting point. Add at least one branch to each point to explain either what this means or why this is important for the CPU and its performance.
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- Dinoshan Arulanantham
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- Created by Laura Ridley · Sep 20, 2015
- Copied by Jack Greaves · Nov 10, 2016
- Copied by Dinoshan Arulanantham · Apr 9, 2017
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