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What key innovation allowed for increased functionality on a single CPU chip?
What key innovation allowed for increased functionality on a single CPU chip?
- Implementation of the Aberth cipher.
- Adoption of punch card programming.
- Advances in silicon technology that allowed for shrinking transistors. (correct)
- The use of vacuum tubes.
Which of the following best describes Moore's Law?
Which of the following best describes Moore's Law?
- The trend of increasing hard drive storage capacity
- The principle that software performance decreases over time
- The observation that the number of transistors per unit area doubles approximately every two years (correct)
- The observation that CPU clock speeds double every two years
Which of the following components is NOT a core part of the Von Neumann architecture?
Which of the following components is NOT a core part of the Von Neumann architecture?
- Input/Output (I/O) interfaces
- Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) (correct)
- Memory
- Central Processing Unit (CPU)
How does the Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) act as a bridge between software and hardware?
How does the Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) act as a bridge between software and hardware?
How do computational abstraction layers contribute to the complexity of modern CPUs?
How do computational abstraction layers contribute to the complexity of modern CPUs?
What is the role of 'operands' within an instruction?
What is the role of 'operands' within an instruction?
What is a key distinguishing feature of the Harvard architecture compared to the Von Neumann architecture?
What is a key distinguishing feature of the Harvard architecture compared to the Von Neumann architecture?
Flashcards
Key innovation for CPU functionality?
Key innovation for CPU functionality?
Transistor miniaturization on silicon, boosting CPU functionality.
What is Moore's Law?
What is Moore's Law?
The observation that the number of transistors per unit area doubles approximately every two years.
Non-core von Neumann component?
Non-core von Neumann component?
A Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) is not a core part of the von Neumann architecture.
Instruction Set Architecture (ISA)
Instruction Set Architecture (ISA)
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Abstraction layers in CPUs
Abstraction layers in CPUs
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Role of "operands" in an instruction
Role of "operands" in an instruction
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Key feature: Harvard architecture?
Key feature: Harvard architecture?
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Study Notes
- Advances in silicon technology allowed for shrinking transistor, enabling increased functionality on a single CPU chip.
- Moore’s Law observes that the number of transistors per unit area doubles approximately every two years.
- A Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) is not a core part of the Von Neumann architecture.
- The Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) acts as a bridge between software and hardware by defining the operations that can be performed in hardware and providing a target for compilers.
- Computational abstraction layers contribute to the complexity of modern CPUs by allowing complex applications to be built from simple components through hierarchical organization.
- The role of 'operands' within an instruction is to specify the data upon which the operation will be performed.
- A key distinguishing feature of the Harvard architecture compared to the Von Neumann architecture is that instructions and data are stored in separate memory locations.
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