Exam 4: Microprocessors

What happens if the CPU is made to run faster than its clock speed?

A specialized CPU cooler that consists of a hollow metal block, a pump, and a cooling device is a(n) _______________-cooling system.

What is the practical limit for modern CPU clock speeds?

What causes CPUs to heat up?

Intel Xeon and AMD Opteron processors are intended for the _______________ market.

How do newer CPUs support virtualization?

SRAM used to preload as many instructions as possible and keep copies of already run instructions and data in case the CPU needs to work on them again is called a(n) _______________.

What is the biggest and slowest cache?

Because CPU makers cannot make the processors run much quicker, they instead _______________.

Which type of coolers are heat-sink and fan assemblies that are included with most Intel retail-boxed CPU?

What is used to keep CPUs within normal operating temperatures?

What causes the CPU to process a command placed on the EDB?

Mobile processors extend battery charge by using less _______________ than the processors used in desktop computers.

In PCs, _______________ transfers and stores data to and from the CPU in byte-sized chunks.

In the _______________ system, the number 1 represents the On state and the number 0 represents the Off state.

The AM3+ socket has _______________ pins.

The CPUs of _______________ devices must consume as little electricity as possible, to conserve battery life and limit heat.

What are some advantages of 64-bit computing?

What may cause different CPUs to require different types and capacities of RAM?

Four bits make up a _______________.