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The CPU - Coggle Diagram
The CPU
Registers
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Memory Address Register (MAR) Stores the address of current memory location for data/instruction to be fetched from or sent to.
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Internal Components
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I/O Controllers
Controls external componenets like keyboards, mouses etc
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Buses
A bus is a set of parrellel wires connecting two or more independent components of a computer system
The Processor
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Combined to make LOGIC gates (AND, OR, NOT)
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Very Fast 3GHz = 3000,000,000 or 3 billion instructions every second
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CPU Performance
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Cache Memory
Small amounts of very FAST RAM with dedicated connections to the CPU. (Too expensive for all memory to be this.) If a program is in cache it doesn't have to wait to get RAM.
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