CPU 1
What are registers?
Tiny, Super fast storage locations in CPU used to hold storage temporarily
What is a CPU Socket?
Physical interaction in a motherbaord where CPU is installed
What are the 2 major manufactures of CPUs
Intel and AMD
What is a core in a cpu?
the individual brain inside processor
What is the little trees manufactuer?
Car Freshner
What are threads?
The smallest unit in a core (virtual version of a cpu core). Allows multiple processes to happen within a single core (multi-threading)
What are buses?
Wires that interconnect the various other components within the CPU.
What is clock speed?
Measures the number of cycles your CPU executes per second, measured in GHz (gigahertz).
What are the different levels of Cache and what are they?
L1 smallest but fastests, L2 slower than L1 but faster than L3, L3 Slowest and largest one before hittng actual ram
What county do you live in?
Jefferson
What is cache memory?
Type of RAM in the CPU (fastest memory in computer system).
What is machine language?
lowest level programming language consisting of binary instructions
What is a cycle?
A “cycle” is the basic unit that measures a CPU’s speed.
2 types of Sockets (not just the letters)
Lan Grid Array and Pin Grid Array
What lake are we closest to?
Ontario
What is speed measured in?
Measured in GHz or MHz
What is the System Crystal?
quartz crystal inside CPU or on motherboard that produces steady electrical signal
8 bits is also equal to...
1 byte
What is the external data bus?
Set of wires or pathwasy that carry the data between cpu and other components.
How many people are in your class
20
Four factors that affect the price of CPUs
Supply and Demand
Production/Manufacturing Costs
Competition between manufacturers
Research and Development costs
What is the instruction set?
The language/commands the cpu can decipher
What does it mean when signals are sent in series?
They are sent one after the other, like a line.
Identify one key factor that affects the performance of the CPU.
1. Processor speed
2. Bus speed
3. Amount of cache available
4. Number of processors
How do you address a envelope?
John Doe
123 Street
Watertown, NY 13601