identifying purposes and characteristics off processors

Question 1

what is the role of cpu?

Answer 1

control and direct activities using buses

Question 2

whats the largest cpu manufacturers?

Answer 2

intel and amd

Question 3

what was used as a cpu prior to 1981?

Answer 3

dual in line package (dip)

Question 4

what do modern cpus use as ff?

Answer 4

lga

Question 5

what is hyperthreading a form off?

Answer 5

for of simuktaneous threading (smt)

Question 6

what can smt do?

Answer 6

have multiple instructions operating on seperate data in parralel

Question 7

what can htt do?

Answer 7

schedule two processes at the same time

Question 8

what does symmetric multiprocessing (smp) do?

Answer 8

uses 2 or more processers to use the same resources

Question 9

what must os support to take advantage of htt?

Answer 9

smp

Question 10

what does multicore architecture have?

Answer 10

separate processor dies in the same package

Question 11

what does systems have to be written in for smp to work?

Answer 11

parralel

Question 12

explain intels core 2 labelling?

Answer 12

doesnt mean theres 2 processors on a single die

Question 13

explain core 2 microarchitecture?

Answer 13

solo/duo has single die

quad has two dies

Question 14

what is cpu throttling?

Answer 14

reducing operating frequency when in less demand or battery saving is in process

Question 15

how can you see cpu throttling in action?

Answer 15

lower clock frquency

Question 16

how is speed measured?

Answer 16

mhz or ghz

Question 17

what does the mb have to measure speed?

Answer 17

oscillators

Question 18

what happens when a current goes through quart crystals?

Answer 18

vibrates

Question 19

what is the piezoelectric effect?

Answer 19

when quarts crystals vibrate when a current is run through them

Question 20

what is a 32 bit/64 bit processor?

Answer 20

chunks of info per unit of time

Question 21

where is virtualisation supported in?

Answer 21

in the hardware even though its a software its built oin

Question 22

Is there a need to install gpu?

Answer 22

theyre already built in

Question 23

what is a gpu?

Answer 23

large chip on the graphics adapter

Question 24

what does gpu help minimise?

Answer 24

off package communication

Question 25

what is disable execute bit?

Answer 25

it doesnt allow any code to be erased when its in a certain place in memory location this prevents and malicious overun attacks