Microprocessors

Question 1

Define clock Speed

Answer 1

The maximum number of clock cycles that a CPU can handle in any given period is referred as clock speed.

Question 2

What is a cache

Answer 2

To reduce wait states, CPU comes with built in very high speed RAM called SRAM. This SRAM preloads as many instructions as possible and keeps copies of already run instructions and data in case the CPU needs to work on them again. SRAM used in this fashion is called Cache.

Question 3

What is L1 cache

Answer 3

Cache on CPU

Question 4

What is L2 cache

Answer 4

Cache on Motherboard.