Exam 4: Processor Technology and Architecture

MOVE tests the bit values in the source location and moves these values to the destination location.

A microprocessor that fails to perform reliably at a higher clock rate might still be usable and rated for sale at a lower clock rate.

A(n) ____________________ is a microchip containing all the circuits and connections that implement a CPU.

Shifting an 8-bit twos complement value to the right by seven positions is a simple way to extract and test the sign bit.

Transistors and the tracks that interconnect them are the fundamental building blocks of all CPUs.

Early Xeon processors filled an important niche in the small server market but weren't powerful enough to perform processing duties in many large-scale servers.

The loss of electrical power that occurs as electrons pass through a conductor is called ____.

A(n) ____________________ operation is a data transfer from a register into primary storage.

​The ALU component of the CPU moves data and instructions between main memory and registers.

​____________________ are storage locations that hold inputs and outputs for the ALU.

The ____ can extract a single bit from a bit string.

When the control unit fetches an instruction from memory, it stores it in the ____.

Data inputs are accessed from storage or extracted directly from the operands and stored in one or more registers.

The ____ is a digital circuit that generates timing pulses, or signals, and transmits the pulses to other devices in the computer.

​Discuss the chain of events that occurs when the CPU executes a program.

Compared with RISC processors, CISC processors have some advantages for computationally intensive applications.

A benchmark program performs specific tasks that can be counted or measured.

Traditional bus interfaces are too slow and power hungry to provide sufficient data transfer capacity between many processors or between processors and primary storage.

A(n) ____ is an electrical switch with three electrical connections.

____ is the flow of electrons from one place or device to another.