Enhancing CPU Operations

Question 1

What sort of process do Intel Processors use to enhance their performance?

Answer 1

Hyper-threading

Question 2

What sort of process do AMD Processors use to enhance their performance?

Answer 2

Hyper Transport

Question 3

What is the process of multiple pieces of code being executed simultaneously in the CPU, so the CPU can perform like two CPUs called?

Answer 3

Hyper Threading

Question 4

What is high speed connection between the CPU and Northbridge called?

Answer 4

Hyper transport

Question 5

What is a CPU measured by?

Answer 5

Speed and amount of data it can process

Question 6

What is the speed of a CPU measured in?

Answer 6

cycles per second

Question 7

What does the amount of data a CPU can store depend on?

Answer 7

The size of the Front Side Bus (FSB)

Question 8

What is overclocking?

Answer 8

Making the processor work faster

Question 9

What is CPU overthrottling?

Answer 9

Opposite of overclocking. Processor runs at less speed so it can conserve power and produce less heat

Question 10

What is CPU Virtualisation?

Answer 10

Lets one processor act as multiple processors.