accumulator
holds result of a calculation from the ALU
memory address register (MAR)
Holds the address of the memory location that is to be read from or written to.
memory data register (MDR)
Holds the actual data being fetched from or stored to memory.
clock speed
how fast a computer can fetch instructions
What is clock speed measured in?
hertz (Hz) and Gigahertz (GHz)
Cache
primary storage closer to the CPU then the RAM
embedded computer system
devices created for a specific purpose
general purpose device
device with multiple functions
Program counter (PC)
Holds the address of the next instruction
Accumulator (ACC)
Holds the results of calculations
Arithmetic logic unit (ALU)
performs calculations
Cache size
how much primary data can be stored
factors that impact the CPU
the number of cores, clock speed and the amount of cache
how does more cores affect performance
instructions being split between each core
what does bios do
idek lol
