A central processing unit (CPU), also called a central processor, main processor, or just processor, is the most important processor in a given computer...

CPU-Z is a freeware system profiling and monitoring application for Microsoft Windows and Android that detects the central processing unit, RAM, motherboard...

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...

In computer hardware, a CPU socket or CPU slot contains one or more mechanical components providing mechanical and electrical connections between a microprocessor...

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...

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...

CPU time (or process time) is the amount of time that a central processing unit (CPU) was used for processing instructions of a computer program or operating...

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...

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...

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...

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...

This list of Mac models grouped by CPU type contains all central processing units (CPUs) used by Apple Inc. for their Mac computers. It is grouped by processor...

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...

required to perform the functions of a computer's central processing unit (CPU). The IC is capable of interpreting and executing program instructions and...

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...

companion model, the Network Server 700/200 (also "Shiner HE") with a faster CPU in November 1996. The machines were not a part of the Apple Macintosh line...

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...

CPU modes (also called processor modes, CPU states, CPU privilege levels and other names) are operating modes for the central processing unit of most...

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...

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...

overheated include integrated circuits such as central processing units (CPUs), chipsets, graphics cards, hard disk drives, and solid state drives. Components...

electronic components of a system, such as the central processing unit (CPU) and memory, and provides connectors for other peripherals. Unlike a backplane...

CPU shielding is a practice where on a multiprocessor system or on a CPU with multiple cores, real-time tasks can run on one CPU or core while non-real-time...

simple CPUs. Users can create new virtual CPUs with custom machine language instructions, which are implemented by a sequence of micro instructions. CPU Sim...

integrated circuit (IC) with two or more separate central processing units (CPUs), called cores to emphasize their multiplicity (for example, dual-core or...

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...

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...

Designing CPUs that perform tasks efficiently without overheating is a major consideration of nearly all CPU manufacturers to date. Historically, early CPUs implemented...

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...

shrink/tick of the Sandy Bridge microarchitecture). Intel officially announced CPUs based on this microarchitecture on June 4, 2013, at Computex Taipei 2013...