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Computer Architecture (GCSE Computing)
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Which of these best describes the role of the control unit during instruction execution?
Which register holds the memory address of the next instruction to be fetched?
What is the main advantage of having multiple CPU cores in a processor?
Which of the following is a reason why increasing clock speed does not always double performance?
What is the purpose of a CPU cache?
Which level of cache is typically located on the same chip as the CPU core and is the fastest?
Which part of the system typically contains the BIOS or UEFI firmware used to initialize hardware at boot?
What is an interrupt in the context of CPU operation?
What does a CPU clock speed of 3.0 GHz mean?
Which component in the CPU is responsible for controlling the fetch-decode-execute cycle and sending control signals to other parts of the CPU?
Which CPU component is responsible for decoding the instruction fetched into the instruction register?
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