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Why CPU and memory are not connected directly with peripheral devices?
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∙ 11y ago
If they were, the devices would all have to have a separate interpreter for the processor and in order to communicate amongst themselves they'd have to go through the processor, which would slow the computer down. If everything is connected to the motherboard and the motherboard interprets everything for the processor, it's cheaper and faster.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 11y agothe reason for this is due to the fact that the peripherals, if all connected to the cpu would slow it down at a high rate; therefore it is better to connect it to the interface which allows for the computer to still run at a its usual speed.
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