Central Processing Unit: History of general purpose CPUs, Computer data storage, Vector processor, Microprocessor, CPU design, Clock rate, Parallel ... pipeline, Superscalar, CPU cache, Pentium - Softcover

 
9786130206178: Central Processing Unit: History of general purpose CPUs, Computer data storage, Vector processor, Microprocessor, CPU design, Clock rate, Parallel ... pipeline, Superscalar, CPU cache, Pentium
Softcover
ISBN 10: 6130206178 ISBN 13: 9786130206178
Publisher: Alphascript Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Central Processing Unit (CPU) or processor is the portion of a computer system that carries out the instructions of a computer program, and is the primary element carrying out the computer's functions. This term has been in use in the computer industry at least since the early 1960s (Weik 2007). The form, design and implementation of CPUs have changed dramatically since the earliest examples, but their fundamental operation remains much the same. Early CPUs were custom-designed as a part of a larger, sometimes one-of-a-kind, computer. However, this costly method of designing custom CPUs for a particular application has largely given way to the development of mass-produced processors that are made for one or many purposes. This standardization trend generally began in the era of discrete transistor mainframes and minicomputers and has rapidly accelerated with the popularization of the integrated circuit (IC). The IC has allowed increasingly complex CPUs to be designed and manufactured to tolerances on the order of nanometers

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Central Processing Unit (CPU) or processor is the portion of a computer system that carries out the instructions of a computer program, and is the primary element carrying out the computer's functions. This term has been in use in the computer industry at least since the early 1960s (Weik 2007). The form, design and implementation of CPUs have changed dramatically since the earliest examples, but their fundamental operation remains much the same. Early CPUs were custom-designed as a part of a larger, sometimes one-of-a-kind, computer. However, this costly method of designing custom CPUs for a particular application has largely given way to the development of mass-produced processors that are made for one or many purposes. This standardization trend generally began in the era of discrete transistor mainframes and minicomputers and has rapidly accelerated with the popularization of the integrated circuit (IC). The IC has allowed increasingly complex CPUs to be designed and manufactured to tolerances on the order of nanometers

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Publisher
Alphascript Publishing
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
6130206178
ISBN 13 
9786130206178
Binding
Tapa blanda
Number of pages
132
Editor
Miller Frederic P., Vandome Agnes F., McBrewster John