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What's the difference between CPU and MPU? [duplicate]
Can somebody explain what's the difference between these two terms? This answer What is the difference between CPU and Microprocessor? contradicts with what I found on the internet:
CPU is ...
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What exactly is microcode and how does it differ from firmware?
Insofar as terminology, what exactly is "microcode" and if it can be updated, how does it differ from firmware?
This question is not a duplicate of this question (as far as I can tell) which I've ...
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In the context of this quote, how many 'chips/sockets' do personal computers contain?
My textbook says the following:
Not only have microprocessors become the fastest general purpose
processors available, they are now multiprocessors; each chip (called
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x86 i386 i686 amd64 i5 i7 architecture processor confusion
I noticed those terms x86, i386, i686, amd64, i5, i7, archtecture, processor from the web, from my own notebook, from book readings.
But I am really confused by those terminologies. I try my best to ...
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CISC and VLIW, and instruction and opcode
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instruction_set
CISC processors include "complex" instructions in their instruction set. A single "complex" instruction does something that may ...
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Terminology used for CPU/Processors
Suppose a system has 4 Intel Xeon processors
each having 10 physical cores
with HyperThreading enabled which makes a total of 80 cores
Now it is completely confusing when in documentation they start ...
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What is meant by the terms CPU, Core, Die and Package?
Now this might sound like too many previous questions, but I am really confused about these terms. I was trying to understand how "dual core" is different from "Core 2 Duo", and I came across some ...
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What's a dual core? [duplicate]
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Can someone clear up the terms Core Duo CPU, Quad Core, Dual CPU, etc.?
Does "core" mean CPU or memory or both?
I'm thinking of buying a new computer. But what's a ...
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Bits of CPU, architecture and OS
I was wondering if the bits of OS, of
instruction set, of CPU registers,
of data bus from CPU to memory, and of
address bus from CPU to memory must
be consistent in some sense and how?
When we cay ...
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When the term 'x86' is used, does it always refer to 32-bit?
When the term 'x86' is used, does it always refer to 32-bit? And is it only about Intel processors?
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What is the difference between CPU and Microprocessor?
What is the difference between CPU and Microprocessor?
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Does "core" mean CPU or memory or both?
I was wondering what "core" means? CPU or memory or both?
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