platform technologies 02

Central Processing Unit

Computer Processing Unit

Central Power Unit

Control Processing Unit

On the hard drive

Inside the RAM

On the motherboard

In the power supply

Perform mathematical calculations

Store data temporarily

Fetch and retrieve instructions

Manage input and output devices

To control the flow of data

To perform calculations and logic operations

To store data permanently

To manage system memory

Managing input/output operations

Temporary storage of data and instructions

Executing programs

Permanent data storage

Executing instructions

Fetching instructions

Decoding instructions

Storing the result

To retrieve data from memory

To translate instructions into a form the CPU can understand

To store data back into memory

To perform calculations

The CPU fetches instructions

The CPU decodes instructions

The CPU carries out the instructions

The CPU stores the results

Increasing the clock speed of a CPU

A form of parallel processing by dividing work into multiple threads

Combining multiple CPUs into one chip

Reducing power consumption by the CPU

It increases the number of physical cores in a CPU

It allows the CPU to run multiple threads simultaneously

It reduces the size of the CPU

It simplifies the CPU’s architecture