Chapter 7. CPUs

To do well on the 220-901 exam, you must understand the major types of processors available for recent systems, their technologies, and how to install and uninstall them. These topics are covered in this chapter.

220-901: Objective 1.6 Install various types of CPUs and apply the appropriate cooling methods.

This chapter covers the following subjects:

Processor Characteristics—This section examines features such as processor speeds and overclocking, cores, cache size and types, hyperthreading, virtualization support, 32-bit versus 64-bit architecture, integrated GPUs, and Execute Disable Bit.

Socket Types—This section examines the processor sockets and characteristics of AMD and Intel CPUs.

Cooling—Learn about the differences ...

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