Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
5 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
CISC processor |
- Complex instruction set computing - More instructions than RISC - Instructions are different sizes (bits) and may take multiple clock cycles - Circuitry is expensive to produce due to complicated design - Some instructions will rarely get used |
|
|
RISC processors |
- Reduced instruction set computing - Instructions are the same size (bits) and each take one clock cycle to complete - Cheaper to produce due to simple processor design - Less instructions than CISC - Produces less heat and uses less power than CISC |
|
|
GPU |
- Graphics processing unit - A co-processor specialised in rendering graphics - Has specialised instructions - 1000s of cores that can simultaneously apply the same instruction to multiple pieces of data - Also used for datamining, cryptocurrency, machine learning and big data |
|
|
Multicore system |
More than one processing unit within a single processor |
|
|
Parallel system |
Computers can have multiple processors and GPUs. Problems can be distributed across several computers working together |
