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Clock speed |
Increasing the clock rate we increase the number of instructions executed per second i.e the faster the clock, the more instructions the CPU can execute per second. |
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Cache size |
By increasing the size of cache memory, we can also increase the number of instructions/data items being held in fast access memory in close proximity to the processor |
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Processor type |
Two main: RISC and CISC
RISC has a smaller number of instructions. This means that in complex processing tasks, RISC processing units have to combine many simple instructions to complete each task meaning an increased number of fetch-execute cycle needs to be completed to carry out complex tasks, thus slowing down the overall speed. |
