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How do you assemble or disassemble CPU?
In early computers that were made with vacuum tubes, transistors, or simple integrated circuit chips you could do this. However since the development of the microprocessor this has become impossible, as the CPU is entirely inside one integrated circuit chip.In modern microprocessors the CPU is actually only a tiny part of that microprocessor chip, sometimes less than 1/10th of the circuits on the chip which now typically includes: memory management, input/output devices, ADCs, DACs, etc. Also multicore microprocessors contain several independent CPUs on the one chip (as many as 16 CPUs in some chips).
How many transistor used in second generation computer?
Varied widely depending on requirements of the computer.The IBM 1620 a small scientific computer had from 1500 to 5000 transistors in the CPU depending on options included.The IBM 1401 a small business computer had about 10000 transistors in its CPU.The IBM 7030 Stretch a supercomputer had about 170000 transistors.The CDC 6600 a supercomputer had about 384000 transistors.The CDC 7600 a supercomputer had about 2900000 transistors.You can compare this to first generation computers, the largest of which the IBM AN/FSQ-7 had about 50000 vacuum tubes.You can compare this to modern multicore microprocessor based computers, a typical one of which has a couple hundred billion transistors per processor core integrated on one chip.
Do cell phone contain a CPU?
A cellphone always contain a small CPU
What are the different types of CPU designs?
Too many to even begin to list here, forget describing the architectures.
Intel CPU ucode loading error?
usually this means your motherboard doesn't recognize your model of CPU. it will run fine, it just doesn't know exactly what kind of CPU you have. try updating your bios.
Do today's computers use transistors and microprocessors?
Yes, today's computers use transistors and microprocessors. Smaller transistors subset the amount of RAM that is local to the CPU at any given moment.
How many transistors are in a modern CPU?
4billion
How many transistors are fitted into a CPU today?
As of the end of 2016, high end multicore microprocessors have from 3,000,000,000 to 8,000,000,000 transistors. But there are plenty of other medium range microprocessors and microcontrollers with much fewer transistors being manufactured.
How many transistors would you find in a CPU to day?
An 18-core Xeon Haswell-E5 has 5,560,000,000 transistors.
Is a CPU made of transistors?
Yes it is!
How many transistors does a modern CPU processor have?
A modern micro processor has atleast 100 million transistors. The Core i7 920 (D0 stepping) has approximately 781 million transistors.
What does a CPU have millions of?
The CPU is housed on a silicon chip that contains millions of switches and circuits. It has millions of Transistors
How many might you find on a CPU today?
You can't see any of them, but there may literally be millions.
Why make integrated circuits like CPU's with millions of transistors on one chip instead of using individual transistors?
Size, power, cost, and speed... The size of a CPU with individual transistors could easily require a room full of electronics, whereas a modern CPU chip is smaller than a small coin. The power of a CPU with individual transistors could easily be in the kilowatt or hundreds of kilowatts range, requiring specialized power systems, whereas a modern CPU chip only requires 25 to 100 watts per core. (At full load.) The cost of a CPU with individual transistors could easily be in the millions of dollars, whereas the modern CPU chip might only be a few hundred dollars. The speed of a CPU with individual transistors is limited by the length of the conductors. The speed of light is about one foot per nanosecond. (3 x 108 m/s divided by 1 x 109 ns/s) If you have a large, room size CPU, there are physical limits on how fast it can go. A modern CPU chip can easily run in the GHz range, an impossible feat for a room sized CPU.
Does CPU work on DC current?
A CPU works off of DC voltage. If you monitor the current draw of a CPU, it will likely not be DC, since a modern CPU is a CMOS design, current is only drawn when transistors are switched (ignoring the small leakage current). This is why overclocking (forcing the transistors to switch faster) can cause the CPU to overheat, and why "power save" mode on a laptop sometimes slows down the processor speed.
What two jobs do transistors do when combined with CPU?
essentially a switch controlled by an electrical current
The first CPUs contained around 2000 transistors. How many might you find on a CPU today?
The first CPU did not have transistors. They were not yet invented. The first computers used the electronic components available at that time. They included resisters, capacitors, diodes, and vacuum tubes (and wires). A vacuum tubes was a glass container with a wire assembly inside in a vacuum. It has a glowing filament (similar to that of an incandescent light bulb) that generated heat to make the tube function. Tubes would be replaced when the filament burns out after a while and their were many of these tubes in a computer generating a lot of heat. Vacuum tubes were later replaced by transistors when the technology became available. Transistors used much lower voltage and less electricity. Much of the wires were replaced with printed circuit boards where the wires were printed, painted, or etched on a board. The wire connectors of transistors, diodes, capacitors and resistors were attached to the board circuitry. Scientists later learned that they can eliminate the casing and wire leads of components and embed them directly into a circuit boards making everything smaller. They put components on both sides of a board, They used components instead of wiring through a hole in the board to connect the top to the bottom of a board. Circuit board layouts were redesigned eliminating wiring between connecting components. That with the technology to have thinner wiring and smaller components led to ability to put the parts of a cpu into its own sealed board small enough to be called a computer chip. The first CPU chips were only CPUs with much supporting circuitry around it. Today much of the supporting circuitry has been incorporated into the CPU chip and the instruction set supported by the CPU has been greatly enhanced requiring even more components. A current CPU has millions of transistors and other components incorporated into a single chip and a CPU chip can have multiple CPUs in it.
