Exam 4: Microprocessors

In _______________, the cores in multicore CPUs to divide up work independently of the OS.

Which type of socket package do Intel processors use?

Which CPUs are typically designed for the mainstream and enthusiast desktop market?

Briefly describe the four steps or stages of a CPU in one sentence each.

Intel-designed _______________ sockets to make CPU insertion and removal easier.

What is a parallel execution?

What is the purpose of ZIF sockets?

The four steps or stages of a CPU, in order, are _______________, _______________, execute, and write.

What results from a catastrophic error on a PC?

One megabyte is equivalent to _______________ bytes.

The _______________, which sends a signal to the clock chip, determines the speed at which a CPU and the rest of the PC operate.

CPUs typically run at some factor of the clock speed.What makes this possible?

The _______________-bit address bus can address 16 EB of RAM.

What chip, in modern CPUs, optimizes the flow of information into and out of the CPU?

What typically connects a CPU to RAM?

The device that retrieves data from RAM and places it on the external data bus is called the _______________.

The CPU's instruction set is comprised of all the _______________ commands that the CPU understands.

Originally, the cache on the CPU was called the _______________ cache because it was the one the CPU first tried to use.

Which technology effectively turns the CPU into two CPUs on one chip?

The system crystal is a quartz oscillator soldered to the _______________.