What do processor specs mean? 10 points?
What do these specs mean?
Operating Frequency(GHz)
Hyper Transports
L2 Cache
L3 Cache
64 bit Support
Hyper-Transport Support
Virtualization Technology Support
Operating freqeuncy is the measure of raw processing power right? As in the number of operation it can perform in a second. A 1ghz cpu can perform 1 billion operations per second right?
What are hyper transports?
What does each level of cache do? Is it where data is stored before being processed by CPU? If so, is data only stored there when there is too much data being given to the CPU for proccessing that it has to wait there, or is data always transfered into the cache. What is the difference between the different levels of Cache?
I understand that 64 bit architechture gives you 2^64 memory adresses rather than 2^32 increasing the amound of RAM that can be used. Are there any other advantages of 64 bit? And disadvantages?
What is Virtualization Technology?
What is the difference between GFLOPS and GHz? What does each mean, and how does it affect performance? What other factors affect processor performance, other than raw GHz? I know that old pentium CPUs clocked at like 4 Ghz, but they suck compared to modern 2.1 GHz CPU’s.
Also how can the PA semi CPU clocked at like 700 mhz used in the iPhone render 3D graphics better than the 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU? Is it because the PA semi chip has a better onboard graphics controller?
Do all CPUs have an onboard graphics controller or just ones meant for crappy computers?
I know these are a lot of questions, but i would really appreciate it if you gave me a somewhat in depth explanation, suitable for a 9th grader, or atleast a link to a good site. Im not stupid, so please dont dumb it down too much.
