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The CPU - Eduqas Common CPU components

The CPU contains a clock which, along with the CU, is used to coordinate all of the computer's components. The clock sends out a regular electrical pulse which synchronises (keeps in time) all the ...
The Guardian

Spectre and Meltdown processor security flaws – explained

What are Meltdown and Spectre? Do they only affect Intel chips? Will the fixes slow my computer … and what even is a processor? Meltdown and Spectre are the names of two serious security flaws that ...
Hackaday

Ternary RISC Processor Achieves Non-Binary Computing Via FPGA

You would be very hard pressed to find any sort of CPU or microcontroller in a commercial product that uses anything but binary to do its work. And yet, other options exist! Ternary computing ...
BBC

The CPU and the fetch-execute cycle

CPUs can only carry out one instruction at a time. It might seem like CPUs can perform many instructions simultaneously, since it is possible for you to do homework, read instant messages and listen ...