What Is Processor ?
What Is Processor ?
What Is Processor ?
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What is Processor ?
The processor (short form for microprocessor and also often called the CPU or central
processing unit) is the central component of the PC. It is the brain that runs the show inside the
PC. All work that you do on your computer is performed directly or indirectly by the processor.
Obviously, it is one of the most important components of the PC.
Functions of Processor :
Performance
Software support
Reliability and Stability
Energy Consumption and Cooling
Motherboard Support
PowerPC
What is PowerPc ?
PowerPC is a microprocessor architecture that was developed jointly by Apple, IBM, and
Motorola. The PowerPC employs reduced instruction-set computing. The three developing
companies have made the PowerPC architecture an open standard, inviting other companies to
build on it.
The PowerPC architecture provides an alternative to the popular processor architectures from
Intel, including the Pentium. (Microsoft builds its Windows operating system offerings to run on
Intel processors, and this widely-sold combination is sometimes called "Wintel".) The PowerPC
was first used in IBM's RS/6000 workstation with its UNIX-based operating system, AIX, and in
Apple Computer's Macintosh personal computers. Today, PowerPC chips are also used in diverse
applications including internetworking equipment, routers, telecom switches, interactive
multimedia, automotive control, and industrial robotics.
The PowerPC offers the following features that POWER does not:
The real time clock (upper and lower) was replaced with the
time base registers (upper and lower), which don't countin
sec/ns (the decrementer also changed).
7400/7410 350 - 550 MHz, uses AltiVec, a SIMD extension of the original
PPC specs.
An ARM processor is one of a family of CPUs based on the RISC (reduced instruction set
computer) architecture developed by Advanced RISC Machines (ARM). ARM makes 32-bit
and 64-bit RISC multi-core processors. RISC processors are designed to perform a smaller
number of types of computer instructions so that they can operate at a higher speed,
performing more millions of instructions per second (MIPS). By stripping out unneeded
instructions and optimizing pathways, RISC processors provide outstanding performance at a
fraction of the power demand of CISC (complex instruction set computing) devices.
Load/store architecture.
The head-to-head competition between the vendors is increasing as ARM is finding its way
into full size notebooks. Microsoft, for example, offers ARM-based versions of Surface
computers. The cleaner code base of Windows RT versus x86 versions may be also partially
responsible -- Windows RT is more streamlined because it doesn’t have to support a number
of legacy hardwares.
ARM1020E Processor
4. The ARM Processor Families:
The ARM11 Family
32-bit RISC processor with ARM, Thumb and DSP instruction sets.
Uses Harvard Architecture.
Supports eight-stage Pipelines except ARM1156T2 uses ninestage pipeline.
Widely used in automotive and industrial control systems, 3D graphics, security
critical
applications.