The CPU quiz

1.       What is the function of the CPU?

CPU or central processing unit  is a complete computation engine that is fabricated on a single chip.

2.       What was the name of the first CPU?

The first microprocessor to make it into a home computer was the Intel 8080

3.       Referring to the graph on page 2 of the article, describe how the speed of CPU’s has changed.

 All of these microprocessors are made by Intel and all of them are improvements on the basic design of the 8088. The Pentium 4 can execute any piece of code that ran on the original 8088, but it does it about 5,000 times faster!

4.       What does MIPS measure?

MIPS stands for "millions of instructions per second" and is a rough measure of the performance of a CPU

5.       Research (Google it) what is a dual core processor, what is multitasking and how do the two work together.

A dual core processor is a CPU with two separate cores on the same die, each with its own cache. It's the equivalent of getting two  microprocessors in one.