CPU techonologies

Question 1

CPU Clock speed

Answer 1

A constant speed that is a multiplier of the crystal osciallator.
Maintains a steady rate for tasks to be completed.
A good CPU clock speed is 3.5 GHz to 4 GHz.

Question 2

bits to bytes

Answer 2

8 bits to 1 byte

Question 3

Machine Language

Answer 3

code that allows communication with CPU through binary

Question 4

CPU manufacturers

Answer 4

• Intel
• AMD
• ryzen

Question 5

speed a CPU works at depends on

Answer 5

• cores
• threads
• hyperthreading?
• overclocking?
• pipelining?

Question 6

CPU cores

Answer 6

CPUs now have multiple so multiple tasks can be manipulated at the same time

Question 7

pipelining

Answer 7

having the next task being processed before the one being processed is finished. If the first process takes longer to process or is lost, data in the pipeline can be lost

Question 8

overclocking

Answer 8

depending on the core, you can increase the clock speed multiplier in the BIOS.

Question 9

CPU cache

Answer 9

data and instruction can be stored in the CPU cache rather than sending and reading from the RAM

Question 10

CPU register

Answer 10

holds onto a certain piece of information for further manipulation or execution

Question 11

hyperthreading

Answer 11

Allows you to use more than one task/thread on one core at a time

Question 12

CPU cache lvl.1

Answer 12

• 64K of RAM (fastest cache memory)

- runs at the speed of CPU

Question 13

CPU cache lvl. 2

Answer 13

• 128/256K of RAM (mediocre cache memory)

- runs at half the speed of CPU

Question 14

CPU cache lvl. 3

Answer 14

• Megabytes of RAM (slowest cache memory)

- runs at the speed of CPU

Question 15

address bus

Answer 15

wires from CPU to RAM sending what address to get information for