TIA Chapter 6 Questions from the Reading

_____ a prediction states that the number of transistors on a central processing unit chip will double every two years.

The process of looking at a computer’s subsystems, what they do, and how they perform to determine whether the computer system has the right hardware components to do what the user ultimately wants it to do.

What is the four steps of the machine cycle?

Small blocks of memory that acts as holing places for recently or frequently used instructions or data that the CPU accesses that most.

Which statement about ultrabook computers is FALSE?

• Ultrabooks have the fastest optical drives.

• Ultrabooks are equipped with SSD drives for fast start-up

• Ultrabooks typically weigh less than 3 pounds.

• Ultrabooks are available for either Windows or the OS X operating systems.

SSD are classified as what type of storage?

• volatile

• nonvolatile

• video

• cache

What is parallel processing?

What other factors can affect processing speed?

How does increasing the number of cores in a CPU help me?

What is CPU usage?