Introduction to Information Systems, Binder Ready Version
Introduction to Information Systems, Binder Ready Version
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ISBN: 9781119108009
Author: R. Kelly Rainer, Brad Prince
Publisher: WILEY
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Microprocessor:

  • It is a type of computer processor that contains all the functions of computer’s central Processing unit.
  • It is designed with millions of microscopic transistors that are embedded inside the circuit of a silicon wafer or chips.

Speed of the microprocessor:

  • The speed of the microprocessor is determined based on the number of instruction that get processed in a second.
  • It is commonly measured by the number machine instruction gets cycled per second (MIPS).
  • The speed of the microprocessor generally depends on the following factors and they are:
    • Number of transistors
    • Clock speed
    • Cache memory
    • Bandwidth

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Factors that affect the speed of the microprocessor are:

The below are the factors that affect the speed of the microprocessor and they are:

  • The size of on-chip cache present: Cache is used to solve discrepancy in speed between the main memory and microprocessor.
  • Data bus bandwidth: It determines on how many instructions can be handled at the main memory at a particular time. Wider the bandwidth the maximum number of instructions could be handled.
  • Size of the word: It is the number of bits the microprocessor could handle at a particular time. Increase in word size improves the performance.
  • Optimization in locality of reference: Ensuring right data got from the cache at the required time could improve the performance.
  • Number of cores: The maximum the number of core can improve the speed and performance.
  • Technique to process the data: Processing data in a parallel way can improve the performance.

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