CPU

Question 1

Name 3 architectures of CPUs

Answer 1

x86, x64 and ARM (Advanced RISC Machine)

Question 2

What is cache?

Answer 2

High speed volatile memory for CPU

Question 3

What does RISC stand for?

Answer 3

Reduced Instruction Set Computing

Question 4

What is ZIF?

Answer 4

Zero insertion force. No need to press down to insert CPU, this helps avoid bending or breaking the CPU pins

Question 5

What is LGA?

Answer 5

Land Grid Array. Used by intel, This CPU does not have pins.

Question 6

What is PGA?

Answer 6

Pin Grid Array. Used by AMD. CPU has the pins.

Question 7

Can you have multiple CPU’s in 1 machine?

Answer 7

Yes, workstations and servers can be multisocket. Most motherboards have a single socket architecture though.

Question 8

What is SMT?

Answer 8

Simultaneous Multi-threading. Single stream of instructions is being sent by a software application to a processor.

Question 9

What is a serial manner?

Answer 9

In 1-2-3-4-5 order. Most applications were designed to run a single process in a single thread. Multithreading allows you to do these at the same time.

Question 10

What is a multicore package?

Answer 10

CPU with multiple cores inside.