Internal Components: CPU

Central Processing Unit

1.    What does is do?

The CPU processes instructions from the computer system's hardware and software and can transport data at the speed of light.

The CPU is housed on the CPU socket on the motherboard. 

a is housed in the CPU socket on the motherboard.

There are four key factors about CPU architecture that affect its performance:

• cores
• clock speed
• cache size
• processor type

CPU Clocking

The clock rate, also known as clock speed, is the frequency at which a processor's clock generator can create pulses that are needed to coordinate the functions of its components and is used as a measure of the processor's speed.

The clock rate of the cores and the cache memory determine a processor's specs.