Yes a chip (processor, RAM, BIOS, etc. are all chips) is considered a piece of hardware.
Windows XP does not have the RAM, its the computer that has it. The amount of RAM can differ for each computer.
Memory chips are considered to be hardware. Compute hardware is considered to be any physical component. This also includes things such as the keyboard, mouse, monitor, and hard drive.
It uses hardware.
Hz on a RAM is the speed of which the hardware can read. the higher the Hz the faster RAM.
motherboard, hard drive, ram
Ram , rom , cpu , hdd
The processor would be considered to be the brain of the computer. RAM is just part of the working memory of the computer.
Computer science is the study of computers (particularly software). Computer hardware is the physical parts of a computer. Hardware may include a screen, a hard drive, a mouse, a keyboard, RAM, etc. Basically, computer science is something people study, and computer hardware is what a computer is physically made out of.
An example of processing hardware is the CPU of the computer. A couple of other important examples of processing hardware are the RAM, and the motherboard.
Computer hardware consists of the physical components of a computer; excluding all software and programming. Computer hardware is your case, hard drive, motherboard, processor, RAM, optical drives, etc., etc..
CPU, RAM, Motherboard