CGS 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Central Processing Unit, Overclocking, Data-Rate Units

• School: FIU
• Department: Computer General Studies
• Course: CGS 2100
• Professor: Jill Weiss

Document Summary

Core a comple te proce s s ing s e ction from a ce ntra l proce s s ing unit, e mbe dde d into one phys ica l chip. Ove rclocking running the ce ntra l proce s s ing unit a t a s pe e d fa s te r tha n the ma nufa cture r re ccome nds. Ma chine cycle the s e rie s of s te ps a ce ntra l proce s s ing unit goe s through whe n it pe rforms a progra m ins truction. Da ta tra ns fe r ra te ( a ls o ca lle d ba ndwidth) Ne twork a rchite cture the de s ign of a compute r ne twork; include s both phys ica l a nd logica l de s ign. Loca l a re a ne twork (lan)