1) What is the function of the CPU?
The CPU helps a computer to do its work as it is the heart of any normal computer. The CPU is a complete computation enginge that is fabricated on a single chip.
2) What was the name of the first CPU?
Intel 4004, introduced in 1971
3) Referring to the graph on page 2 of the article, describe how the speed of CPU's have changed.
The speed of the CPU's have changed as there have been more MIPS added to each new computer throughout the years 1974 to 2004. There also hyas been many touches on the transitions, microns, clock speed and data width.
4) What does MIPS mean?
MIPS stands for "Millions of Instructions Per Second" and is a roguh measure of the performance of a CPU.
Modern CPUs can do many different things that MIPS ratings lose alot of their meaning, but you can get a general sense of the relative power of the CPUs from this column.
5) Research (Google it) what is a dual core processor, what is multitasking and how do the two work together?
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