The CPU And The Fetch Excecute Cycle Flashcards
What is the purpose of the CPU
To process data
What does the control unit do
It controls and monitors communications between the computer and any hardware attached
What is the immediate access store for
Where the data and programs that the COU currently needs are stored
What does the arithmetic and logic unit do
Carries out calculations and logic operations
What can often be referred to as the registers in a CPU?
The immediate access store
How many instructi ns can the Cpu process at a time
1
When the cpu fetches the instruction from the main memory, where does it store it
In the immediate access store
What is it called when the cpu carries out the action of an instruction
Excecution it
What is a clock measure in
Cycles per second
How many cycles per second would a 300 GHZ processor do
3 billion
