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CH. 2 The System Unit: Processing and Memory

by Hasara Hasara

What is a computer

by Franco BAR

The Generations of Computers

by William Martinez

Chapter 2

by Roza Roza

A silicon chip that contains a CPU

Microprocessors

CPU socket

Houses a CPU

Processor sockets use a pin grid array (PGA)

Connector on the motherboard

Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU)

Performs arithmetic and logical operations

Control unit (CU)

Extracts instructions from memory and decodes and executes them

Overclock

Runnning a microprocessor at faster speeds

AMD

Founded in 1969.

K8 core

K10 core

Bulldozer module

Bobcat core

Jaguar core

AMD is challenging Intel with a set of Intel-compatible microprocessors

CPU time

The amount of time the CPU is actually executing instructions

Real-Time Clock - RTC

Special battery

Clock that keeps track of the time even when the computer is turned off

Intel

Founded in 1968.

Microarchitecture Codenames

Intel Sandy Bridge

Intel Ivy Bridge

Intel Haswell

Intel Broadwell

Intel Skylake

The world's largest manufacturer of computer chips