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    Central processing unit (redirect from Cpu)
    A central processing unit (CPU), also called a central processor, main processor, or just processor, is the most important processor in a given computer...
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  • A CPU cache is a hardware cache used by the central processing unit (CPU) of a computer to reduce the average cost (time or energy) to access data from...
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    In computer hardware, a CPU socket or CPU slot contains one or more mechanical components providing mechanical and electrical connections between a microprocessor...
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    CPU-Z is a freeware system profiling and monitoring application for Microsoft Windows and Android that detects the central processing unit, RAM, motherboard...
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  • In computer science, a task, job or process is said to be CPU-bound (or compute-bound) when the time it takes for it to complete is determined principally...
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    CPU time (or process time) is the amount of time for which a central processing unit (CPU) was used for processing instructions of a computer program...
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  • Look up CPU in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. CPU is a computer's central processing unit. CPU may also refer to: Carboxypeptidase B2, a human enzyme...
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    In computing, the clock multiplier (or CPU multiplier or bus/core ratio) sets the ratio of an internal CPU clock rate to the externally supplied clock...
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  • computer system occupies a certain amount of processing time on the CPU. If the CPU has completed all tasks it is idle. Modern processors use idle time...
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    Microprocessor (redirect from CPU chip)
    required to perform the functions of a computer's central processing unit (CPU). The IC is capable of interpreting and executing program instructions and...
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    A CPU card is a printed circuit board (PCB) that contains the central processing unit (CPU) of a computer. CPU cards are specified by CPU clock frequency...
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  • Rosa) Opteron (Santa Ana) Mobile Sempron K10 series CPUs (2007–2013) All Phenom and Phenom II-branded CPUs implement K10: List of AMD Phenom processors Opteron...
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  • C.P.U. Bach (also known as Sid Meier's C.P.U. Bach) is an interactive music-generating program designed by Sid Meier and Jeff Briggs for the 3DO. It can...
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    A CPU shim (also called CPU spacer) is a shim used between the CPU and the heat sink in a computer. Shims make it easier and less risky to mount a heatsink...
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  • CPU modes (also called processor modes, CPU states, CPU privilege levels and other names) are operating modes for the central processing unit of most...
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    processors introduced i5 and i7 CPUs featuring six cores (along with hyper-threading in the case of the latter) and Core i3 CPUs with four cores and no hyperthreading...
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  • possible to have computer multitasking with a single central processing unit (CPU). A scheduler may aim at one or more goals, for example: maximizing throughput...
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    Computer cooling (redirect from CPU cooling)
    overheated include integrated circuits such as central processing units (CPUs), chipsets, graphics cards, hard disk drives, and solid state drives. Components...
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    from 12W to 8W. ^d Note: The E4700 uses G0 Stepping which makes it a Conroe CPU. All models support: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, Enhanced Intel SpeedStep...
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    electronic components of a system, such as the central processing unit (CPU) and memory, and provides connectors for other peripherals. Unlike a backplane...
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    called the 14th generation of Intel Core, was launched on October 17, 2023. CPUs in bold below feature ECC memory support only when paired with a motherboard...
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  • simple CPUs. Users can create new virtual CPUs with custom machine language instructions, which are implemented by a sequence of micro instructions. CPU Sim...
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    which reads and executes program instructions. The instructions are ordinary CPU instructions (such as add, move data, and branch) but the single processor...
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    X86 (redirect from X86-based CPU)
    For 7-Series Centaur CPUs". www.phoronix.com. Retrieved April 5, 2022. "Zhaoxin aiming at 2021 release for its 7nm x86 CPUs - CPU - News - HEXUS.net"....
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  • The following is a partial list of Intel CPU microarchitectures. The list is incomplete, additional details can be found in Intel's Tick–tock model,...
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    According to Intel, the redesign brings greater CPU and GPU performance and reduced power consumption. Skylake CPUs share their microarchitecture with Kaby Lake...
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    Emulator (redirect from CPU simulator)
    extra work done by the CPU may slow the system down. If a math coprocessor is not installed or present on the CPU, when the CPU executes any co-processor...
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    Instruction cycle (redirect from CPU cycle)
    the fetch-execute cycle) is the cycle that the central processing unit (CPU) follows from boot-up until the computer has shut down in order to process...
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    integer ALU, 2 vector ALU and 2 AGU per core Two load/store operations per CPU cycle for each memory channel Decoded micro-operation cache, and enlarged...
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    generation). The Apple A15 Bionic features an Apple-designed 64-bit six-core CPU implementing ARMv8 with two high-performance cores called Avalanche running...
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