Chapter 6 Microprocessors 2.0
 
Today's Assignments is a Vocabulary List and Questions.
Note! Follow Directions Closely!

Use this class time to begin this assignment today. Please list and define/describe the following words as completely as you can. Please answer all questions in complete sentences. Please post a small picture of the the word you are defining next to the written definition for those that apply.
Note you will be graded for this assignment. Include your name, date, and (1st or 4th) rotation.

Use the following format and all of the vast resources of the internet.

Font: Times New Roman
Front Size: 12pt
Spacing: Single Space

Your paper have the following format (align on left side):

1st line: Name
2nd line: Date
3rd line: (1st or 4th) rotation
---Skip 2 lines---

                                                                                                                         
Title: (align in the center)                Microprocessors 
---Skip 3 lines---

If you have any questions about this assignment please ask Mr. Pendleton.


1. Hyper-threading

2. CPU Throttling

3. Overclocking

4. L1 cache

5. L2 cache

6. L3 cache

7. Voltage Regulator Module

8. PGA Socket

9. LGA Socket

10. Flip Chip-PGA

11.Single Edge Contact Cartridge

12. Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC)
13. Complex Instruction Set Computer (CISC)
14. Northbridge
15. Southbridge
16. Hyper Transport
17.Front side bus (FSB)
18. CPU virtualization
19. Multicore processors
20. Integrated GPUs
21. FDE Cycle


List the date introduced, the speed and briefly describe of the following Pentium Processors:
Please post a small picture of the the word you are defining next to the written definition.

22. 80486

23. Pentium MMX

24. Pentium Pro

25. Pentium II

26. Pentium III

27. XEON

28. Pentium 4

29. Itanium

30. Intel Dual Core

31. Intel I3

32. Intel I5

33. Intel I7


List the date introduced, the speed and briefly describe of the following AMD Processors:
Please post a small picture of the the word you are defining next to the written definition.

34. What does AMD stand for?

35. Athlon 64

36. Duron

37. Athlon Dual-Core

38. Opteron

39. FX-Series

40. AMD Ryzen

Define these terms:


41. Heat Sink

42. CPU Fan

43. Case Fan

44. CPU Liquid Cooling System

45. Thermal Compound

46. 32 Bit CPU

47. 64 Bit CPU

48. ALU

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