CompTIA® A+ Exam Prep (Exams A+ Essentials, 220-602, 220-603, 220-604)

Chapter 3. Microprocessors

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Terms you’ll need to understand:

• Hyperthreading

• Throttling

• Overclocking

• L1 cache

• L2 cache

• L3 cache

• Voltage Regulator Module

• Single-Edge Contact cartridge

• Pentium processors

• Duron processors

• Opteron processors

• Athlon processors

• Dual-core processors

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Exam objectives you’ll learn in this chapter:

Essentials 1.1—Identify the fundamental principles of using personal computers.

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Identify the names, purposes, and characteristics of processor/CPUs.

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CPU chips (for example, AMD, Intel)

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CPU technologies

• Hyperthreading

• Dual core

• Throttling

• Micro code (MMX)

• Overclocking

• Cache

• VRM

• Speed (real vs. actual)

• 32 versus 64 bit

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