August 17, 2007

What Is Inside The Central Processing Unit?

It is common knowledge that a computer is composed of a monitor, a keyboard, a mouse, and the CPU. Compared to the human body, the Central Processing Unit (CPU) is like the central nervous system and the other peripherals are the sensory organs. The CPU processes all the data input thru sub-processors that passes on the logic processing thru the main processor.
The components inside the CPU are as follows:
Main Processor-Central Processing Unit
The main processor is the brain of the computer. This is where algorithms are processed and interpreted with logical and mathematical computations. Nowadays computers are equipped with dual and quad core processors in which data processing is distributed to two or four processing compartments for a faster data processing.
Motherboard
The motherboard distributes the data to the processors from the peripherals which can be an input or output data. This can be compared to the spinal column in the human body. Internal components of the computers such as memories, IDE controllers and power supply run through here.
Memory
The memory is like a sub storage space in which it has cabinets where data is stored temporarily.
Types of Memory
Read Only Memory (ROM) - This is where permanent data is being stored. Even when the […]

Full Article At: KnowHow-Now.com Articles

Permalink Print

Trackback uri

http://digitalcamera-ratings.com/2007/08/17/what-is-inside-the-central-processing-unit/trackback/

Related Entries

Leave a comment




Made with WordPress and a search engine optimized WordPress theme • Strawberry Cream, Classic skin by Antonella Pavese