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What type of socket is used to hold a CPU in place?
ZIF
How many clock cycles does the CPU require to act on a command?
At least two
Which type of processor is sometimes integrated with the CPU to handle certain tasks more efficiently, such as video processing?
GPU
Which type of socket package do Intel processors use?
LGA
How much RAM can a 64-bit processor theoretically access?
16 EB
A ____________ is made up of 64 bits.
Quad word
What kind of RAM comprises cache?
SRAM
Which cache on the CPU is used first?
L1
Which CPU is targeted at the mobile device platform?
Intel Core i3
How many bits make up a byte?
8
In today's computers, the CPU tells _______________ the clock speed it needs, and the clock chip then automatically adjusts for the CPU.
The motherboard
Because CPU makers cannot make the processors run much quicker, they instead _______________.
Combine multiple CPUs on a single chip
What results from a catastrophic error on a PC?
Windows Stop error
Which type of coolers are heat-sink and fan assemblies that are included with most Intel retail-boxed CPU?
OEM CPU coolers
What type of RAM is used for main system memory?
DRAM
What newer technology automatically configures CPU multipliers and speeds?
CPUID
One megabyte is equivalent to _______________ bytes.
1,048,576
Which technology allows a computer to run more than one operating system at a time?
Virtualization
What is applied to the CPU before attaching the heat-sink/fan assembly?
Thermal paste
What is an important difference between desktops and mobile devices in terms of CPU needs?
Mobile devices need to consume less electricity
Intel's Pentium and Celeron series of CPUs are intended for which target market?
Budget Desktop PCs
What term defines the first cache that the CPU uses?
L1 cache
What type of RAM is used in the CPU's cache?
SRAM
What is equivalent to 1024 bytes?
1 kilobyte
No CPU ever made has fewer than _______________ stages, but advancements in caching have increased the number of stages over the years.
Four
Suppose the number of wires in a CPU's address bus is 20. What is the maximum amount of RAM the CPU can handle?
1,048,576 bytes
What keeps every stage of the processor busy on every click of the clock, making a CPU run more efficiently without increasing the clock speed?
Pipelines
A sudden CPU shutdown usually indicates what condition?
Overheating
Newer CPUs process instructions and commands in what type of execution?
Parallel
CPUs typically run at some factor of the clock speed. What makes this possible?
Multipliers
What chip, in modern CPUs, optimizes the flow of information into and out of the CPU?
IMC (Integrated Memory Controller)
What is the practical limit for modern CPU clock speeds?
4 GHz
What are the four stages of the pipelining process?
Fetch, Decode, Execute, and Write
What typically connects a CPU to RAM?
EDB
In _______________, the cores in multicore CPUs to divide up work independently of the OS.
Multicore processing
How much RAM can 32-bit processors access?
Up to 4 GB
What type of socket package do AMD chips use?
PGA
What are the four general-purpose CPU registers?
AX, BX, CX, and DX
What technology requires that the OS and applications be written specifically to handle multiple threads?
Hyper-Threading
Four bits make up a _________________.
nibble
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