Performance of a computer
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- Created on: 13-02-17 20:28
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- Performance of a computer
- Size of cache: The bigger the cache size then the faster instructions can be supplied to the CPU
- Speed of clock: The faster the clock speed then the faster a computer can carry out the fetch-decode-execute cycle and so processes more instructions
- Number of cores: The more cores then the more instructions being processed in the same time
- Types of processors: Their are two main types of processors.
- Reduced instruction set computer (RISC) which can process simple instructions very quickly
- Complex instruction set computer which can process complex instructions without breaking them down into simpler ones
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