CPU Performance Techniques (Computing components micro deck 2)

Question 1

pipelining

Answer 1

When instructions are overlapped to increase processing speed

Question 2

cache memory

Answer 2

small, fast, volatile memory used for storing data that will is likely to be needed soon by the CPU for faster processing

Question 3

bus width

Answer 3

the maximum number of bits that can be sent through a bus at a time, which affects data transfer speed