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Central processing unit
The CPU, or central processing unit, is the component of a computer that processes instructions and information. It controls all other parts of the computer. The CPU is made up of millions of tiny switches called transistors mounted on a silicon chip. The speed at which a CPU processes data is measured in megahertz or gigahertz, and processors are becoming faster, with one gigahertz equaling one billion cycles per second. The main manufacturers of CPUs today are Intel, which produces Pentium chips, and AMD, which produces Athlon chips, though other manufacturers like IBM also exist.
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Definition of CPU (Central Processing Unit) as the computer's processor, crucial for controlling components.
Highlights the Pentium series by Intel, consisting of over 27 million transistors on silicon.
CPU speed is measured in megahertz or gigahertz; one gigahertz equals 1 billion cycles per second.
Current main manufacturers are Intel (Pentium) and AMD (Athlon).
Other manufacturers like IBM (PowerPC) and variations in transistor size, memory, and dual-core performance.
Central processing unit
- 1. By Mario LinoAnd Mario Rodriguez. 4ºB/D
- 2. DEFINITION CPU means central processingunit, also noun as the processor. This processes the information and instructions used by a computer. All the computer depends on its central processing unit to control its other parts.
- 3. ITS COMPONTENTS A popular rangeof processors is the pentium series produce by intel.The chip shown here is made up of over 27 millions tiny switchets, called transistors, mounte d on a slice of silicon.
- 4. SPEED The speed with whicha computer processesdata and instructions is measured in either megahertz or gigahertz. The microprocessors are becoming faster and faster, one gigahertz is igual to 1000000000 cycles/second.
- 5. CPUs WORKING NOWADAYS Basicallytwo manufacturers of microprocessors exist for the computer. On the one hand Intel is, and his range Pentium, and for other one, the AMD and his Athlon.
- 6. CPUs WORKING NOWADAYS Alsoother manufacturers exist as IBM with the PowerPC and others much less known. They differ, for example, in size of the transistors, size of the memory or double core .Performance is very much major that the alone one).