the CPU Flashcards
1
Q
What does CPU stand for
A
Central Processing Unit
2
Q
Qualities of CPU
A
Clock speed
Cache
Cores
3
Q
What is clock speed
A
How many cycles of fetch-decode execute per second
4
Q
how is clock speed measured?
A
in Hz
5
Q
What are cores
A
think of it has the number of workers on a task at any given time
6
Q
What is cache
A
Cache is the short term stored data like recent files (kept close by for faster access)
7
Q
Explain what a fetch-decode-execute cycle is
A
Fetch= Gathering instructions from memory Decode= Reads instructions using binary Execute= present data
