Advanced CPU Designs

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For a CPU running at Gigahertz speeds, how many instructions are executed every second? Options: thousands, millions, billions, trillions

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billions

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In the early days of electronic computing, processors were typically made faster by ___

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improving transistor switching time

Front

Dividing two numbers by doing many subtractions in a row isn't efficient because it gobbles up a lot of ___

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clock cycles

Front

Processors with MMX, 3DNow!, or SSE, are processors with additional, specialized ___

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circuits

Front

How many op codes were in the instruction set of the Intel 4004, the first truly integrated CPU?

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46

Front

A memory module that typically lies outside the CPU is called ___

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RAM

Front

Sets of wires that transfer data between computer components is called ___

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a bus

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A little piece of RAM placed right on the CPU is called a ___

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cache

Front

Saving a block of data into cache is useful because computer data is often arranged and processed ___

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sequentially

Front

Because the cache is so close to the processor, it can typically provide the data ___

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in a single clock cycle