Seneca factors affecting CPU

Question 1

What are the 3 factors that affect CPU performance

Answer 1

Cache, Cores, Clock speed

Question 2

Cache

Answer 2

small amount of very fast memory inside the CPU
In comparison to the cache, accessing the Random Access Memory (RAM) is a very slow operation
By storing frequently accessed data and instructions in cache memory we can avoid the process of accessing the RAM.

Question 3

Cores

Answer 3

Each core of a CPU is capable of processing instructions independently
Each core has its own Control Unit (CU), and Arithmetic and Logic Unit (ALU), but the cores share access to cache and main memory
Multiple cores allows a CPU to process multiple instructions at the same time

Question 4

Clock Speed

Answer 4

Multiple cores allows a CPU to process multiple instructions at the same time
higher the clock speed, the more pulses are sent per second, so more instructions can be executed in the same amount of time