SLR 2

Question 1

What does CISC stand for?

Answer 1

Complex Instruction Set Computer

Question 2

What does RISC stand for

Answer 2

Reduced Instruction Set Computer

Question 3

Which processor type is more common, RISC or CISC?

Answer 3

RISC

Question 4

Which processor type is more efficient, CISC or RISC

Answer 4

RISC

Question 5

What is the meaning of an “Instruction set”?

Answer 5

All the instructions that can be executed by a given CPU/Processor

Question 6

What is the brain of the PC?

Answer 6

the CPU or Central Processing Unit

Question 7

What is the GPU

Answer 7

Graphical processing unit

Question 8

Is the CPU a Specialised or Generic processor?

Answer 8

Generic

Question 9

Is the GPU a specialised or generic processor?

Answer 9

specialised

Question 10

Is the GPU or CPU generally faster?

Answer 10

the CPU

Question 11

What are 3 options to improve the speed of the CPU

Answer 11

co-processors, multi core processors, and parallel systems.

Question 12

What does a multi core processor mean?

Answer 12

A single chip with multiple processing units (cores) each running a separate Fetch-Decode-Execute cycle

Question 13

Does doubling the number of cores in a CPU double the speed?

Answer 13

No, but it does increase it

Question 14

How many cores have the latest processors got according to the specification?

Answer 14

64 cores

Question 15

Compare RISC with CISC processors

Answer 15

RISC - small instruction set, simple instructions, all performed on one clock cycle
CISC - large instruction set, complex instructions.