System Architecture - Purpose of the CPU

Descripción

GCSE Computing Fichas sobre System Architecture - Purpose of the CPU, creado por Miguel Adrian Symonds Orozco el 05/03/2024.
Miguel Adrian Symonds Orozco
Fichas por Miguel Adrian Symonds Orozco, actualizado hace 10 meses
Miguel Adrian Symonds Orozco
Creado por Miguel Adrian Symonds Orozco hace 10 meses
6
0

Resumen del Recurso

Pregunta Respuesta
The Purpose of the CPU The purpose of the CPU is to carry out sets of instructions. The CPU carries out instructions by using the fetch-execute cycle (also called the fetch-decode-execute cycle).
What is the CPU? - The Central Processing Unit - It is the brain of the computer
What does its power depend on? - Clock speed - Number of Cores - Cache size
The Fetch-Execute Cycle (Fetch) The CPU fetches data from the memory - Copy Memory address from the program counter to the MAR - Copy the instruction in the MAR to the MDR - Increase the program counter to point the address of the next instruction.
The Fetch-Execute Cycle (Decode) It decodes it to make it easier to understand - The instructions in the MDR are decoded by the CU.
The Fetch-Execute Cycle (Execute) It executes the instructions - The instruction is performed. - This could be. - Load data from memory. - Write data to memory
Mostrar resumen completo Ocultar resumen completo

Similar

Types and Components of Computer Systems
Jess Peason
Input Devices
Jess Peason
Output Devices
Jess Peason
Computing
Kwame Oteng-Adusei
Pack of playing cards answer
Karl Taylor
Code Challenge Flow Chart
Charlotte Hilton
Computing Hardware - CPU and Memory
ollietablet123
Computer science quiz
Ryan Barton
GCSE Computing - 4 - Representation of data in computer systems
lilymate
GCSE Computing: Hardware
Yasmin F
OCR gcse computer science
Jodie Awthinre