CPUs

Question 1

Manufacturers

Answer 1

AMD, Intel are the big ones

Question 2

CPU

Answer 2

Central Processing Unit

Question 3

What does a CPU do?

Answer 3

Performs calculations on raw data

Question 4

Byte

Answer 4

8 bits

Question 5

bit

Answer 5

1 or 0

Question 6

machine language

Answer 6

language that cpu speaks

Question 7

Speed

Answer 7

TOP speed potential

Ghz billion calculations per second

Question 8

System Crystal

Answer 8

Quartz Oscillator - frequency acts like a metronome and pushes the CPU, multiplies frequency by CPU multiplier and runs CPU at higher speed

Question 9

Motherboard speed

Answer 9

About max speed is 400 Mhz

Question 10

Overclocking

Answer 10

turning up multiplier on unlocked cpu making it faster than the speed it is tested and rated to run at.

Question 11

Hyper-threading

Answer 11

One pipeline that can handle multiple tasks at the same time

Question 12

Multi-Core

Answer 12

More than one cpu core on one chip (each core acts as its own cpu)

Question 13

Cache

Answer 13

Extremely fast memory (SRAM) ON the CPU chip for CPU use, fed by RAM, avoids pipeline stalls by keeping things ready for the CPU

Question 14

pipeline stall

Answer 14

Line of code from RAM isn’t at CPU when it needs to be, hundreds of CPU cycles lost waiting for the code from RAM.

Question 15

Level 1 Cache

Answer 15

~64k ram runs at speed of CPU

Question 16

Level 2 Cache

Answer 16

Feeds L1 Cache at ~half speed, ~128/256k

Question 17

Level 3 Cache (common but not always present)

Answer 17

Mb size, runs at base MB speed

Question 18

Set association

Answer 18

How cache is efficient at handing off code to CPU

Question 19

AMD cache

Answer 19

Big Cache

Question 20

Intel cache

Answer 20

Smaller cache but smarter/more efficient

Question 21

Socket

Answer 21

Shape/form of connections between CPU and MB

Question 22

PGA

Answer 22

Pin Grid Array - Pins from CPU into holes on MB

Question 23

LGA

Answer 23

Land Grid Array - flat contact pads on CPU to contact pins/pads on MB

Question 24

microarchitecture

Answer 24

circuit diagram on the CPU die (photo-lithographic process, not soldering)

Question 25

Family names (sandy bridge, Kaby Lake, etc..)

Answer 25

Multiple CPUs with same microarchitecture

Question 26

Motherboards vs CPU

Answer 26

Specific to AMD or Intel architecture

Question 27

Socket LGA 1151

Answer 27

Land grid array with 1151 contacts/pins mainstream/mid-grade to enthusiast Intel CPU

Question 28

Socket LGA 2066

Answer 28

Land grid array with 2066 contacts/pins High End Enthusiast Intel CPU socket

Question 29

Socket AM4

Answer 29

PGA Mainstream/mid-grade - to enthusiast AMD CPU socket

Question 30

Socket TR4

Answer 30

PGA enthusiast High End AMD CPU socket