CIS 1332 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Central Processing Unit, Printed Circuit Board, Integrated Circuit

• School: St. John's University
• Department: CIS - COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEM
• Course: CIS 1332
• Professor: Reza S.Eftekharzadeh

Document Summary

Module 6: computing components: processors, memory, the cloud, and more. The motherboard: motherboard (system board): the main circuit board of the computer, chip: small piece of semi conducting material, usually silicon, on which integrated circuits are etched. Integrated circuit: contains many microscopic pathways capable of carrying electrical current: can contain millions of elements such as resistors, capacitors, and transistors, transistor: can act as an electronic switch that opens or closes the circuit for electrical charges. Processors: processor (central processing unit (cpu)): interprets and carries out the basic instructions that operate a computer, microprocessor: a personal computer processor chip, multi-core processor: a single chip with two or more separate processor cores. Registers: registers: small, high-speed storage locations in a processor, temporarily hold data and instructions. The system clock: system clock: a small quartz crystal circuit that the processor relies on. Personal computer and mobile device processors: leading manufacturers of personal computer processor chips, intel, amd.