Factors affecting the performance of the CPU Flashcards
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1
Q
What is the speed of the clock measured in?
A
Hertz (Hz) - number of cycles per second
- often given in Gigahertz (GHz) which is a billion hertz
2
Q
What is the main concern when increasing the clock speed?
A
The quicker the cycle the hotter it gets
3
Q
What is the Cache memory used for?
A
It holds previously used instructions so that they don’t need to be fetched again
4
Q
What is a multi-core processor
A
It is when more than one CPU are used on a chip
