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Although memory and CPUs are linked together very closely, a CPU is only important to memory when the memory is active. It is the CPU that writes to and reads from memory (or other devices that are under the control of the CPU). When the memory is idle, its only function is to retain data ready for it to be written over or read. In almost all cases. memory can do this without any intervention by a CPU. In volatile memory, a power supply needs to be provided to retain the data. Non-volatile memory on the other hand will stored data without power. An example of this kind of memory is a USB drive that can be unplugged from a USB port and retain all data without needing either a power supply or a CPU.
Memory in fact is rather more important to the CPU than the other way round. The CPU operates as directed by a program that is stored in memory. Without memory, a CPU will not have a program to run so will not be able to fucntion.
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What memory locations are the fastest in terms of access solid state drives cpu registers main memory l1 cache?
Cache
When evaluating CPU memory do you check the cache memory?
The only memory on the CPU is cache memory and it is only dependent on the CPU type and generation you use.
What is a populated mother board?
one with all the important components, including memory and CPU
Where is CPU and memory are located?
output device No The CPU and memory are located on the motherboard
A CPU executes only?
A CPU does math and accesses memory.
What is essential when selecting memory?
The most important thing to watch is that the mhz speed of the Ram matches the cpu operating freqeuncy. Not matching them can cause erratic behaviour of the CPU
Advantage of using a CPU register over memory locations?
CPU register is faster than memory loacations
What is the purpose of memory management?
cpu
What is the difference between main and auxiliary memory?
The major difference between main memory and auxiliary memory is that main memory is directly accessed by CPU but the auxiliary memory is not accessed by the CPU directly.For this the data is first transferred to main memory from auxiliary memory and then from main memory the data is transferred to the CPU for further processing. Answered By: Richa Singh
Does the motherboard contain the CPU memory and basic controllers?
The motherboard is the typical part of the computer that contains the CPU, the memory, and controllers.
What Memory on the motherboard used by the CPU to process data?
sure; CPU used to memory for processing data. it use mother board cache memory and it also use ram memory.
What are the causes of bottleneck in your computer system?
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