Nov 2, 2015
Unit 5 Personal Computers - Microprocessors
Unit 5 Personal Computers – Microprocessors
Microprocessors
A microprocessor is a silicon chip that contains a central processing unit (CPU). The two terms microprocessor and CPU are used interchangeably. At the heart of all personal computers and most workstations sits a microprocessor.
There are two basic characteristics that differentiate microprocessors:
1. bandwidth is the number of bits processed in a single instruction 2. cloc…
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