processor

• latest processor can handle trillions of calculation per second
• performance of CPU is depending on clock speed (instruction processing cycle), cache size and number of cores
• clock speed - number of pulses the CPU clock generates per second, hertz
• overclocking - increasing the clock speed of a computer to increase performance, will cause long term damage to the CPU as it working harder and producing more heat
• cache size - small amount of high speed ram within the processor, hold temporarily data and instructions that processors are likely to reuse
• numbers of cores - processing unit in CPU, each core is capable to handle its own instructions in a process cycle