What is the CPU

• CPU explained

  • The CPU is the Central Processing Unit , and is considered to be the brain of the computer system  
  • It processes all of the data and instructions that make the system work
• Factors that affect the processing power of a CPU

  • The processing power of a CPU depends on different characteristics 
  • These include its clock speed , number of cores and cache size

  
• CPU architecture

  • The CPU architecture describes the main components of the CPU 
  • It also describes how they interact with each other , and with other parts of the computer system
• What are the main types of CPU architecture?

  • Harvard 
  • Von Neumann
• Gold pins

  • The CPU contains 1000s of gold pins 
  • Some of these  transmit data 
  • Others supply power to the CPU