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Microprocessors Computer Microchip

Microprocessors are small computer chips that function as the central processing unit (CPU) of a computer. They execute instructions to boot up the computer by activating all necessary components like the BIOS and operating system. Microprocessors perform basic mathematical and logical operations using internal registers that store data and allow tasks like number comparison. The core design involves a series of instructions that regulate task sequence, ensuring each one is completed before the next starts, like loading the OS after the BIOS. While microprocessors typically last a computer's lifetime, damage can occur requiring replacement by a technician.

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Microprocessors Computer Microchip

Microprocessors are small computer chips that function as the central processing unit (CPU) of a computer. They execute instructions to boot up the computer by activating all necessary components like the BIOS and operating system. Microprocessors perform basic mathematical and logical operations using internal registers that store data and allow tasks like number comparison. The core design involves a series of instructions that regulate task sequence, ensuring each one is completed before the next starts, like loading the OS after the BIOS. While microprocessors typically last a computer's lifetime, damage can occur requiring replacement by a technician.

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Microprocessors 

are simply a computer processor that has been configured into the design
and function of amicrochip. Sometimes referred to as a logic chip, this small component
functions as the means of executing the command to start booting up a computer. As part of
the process, a microprocessor initiates the activation of all the components necessary to
allow the computer to be used, such as waking the operating system.

The basic functionality of a microprocessor is all based on the inherent ability to


respond to and generate mathematical and logical operations. This function of small
computer processors is made possible with the use of registers. Within the registers
resides all the data required by the microprocessor to execute such basic functions
as addition and subtraction. The configuration of the registers also allow
the microprocessor to handle tasks such as comparing two different numbers, and
retrieving numbers from various areas and redistributing them.

At the core of the design for the microprocessor is a series of logical instructions that
regulate the order that tasks are received and executed. The presence of the
instructions assure that tasks are carried out in a sequence that will flow from the
completion of one task and into the logical initiation of the next task in the sequence.
For example, when an end user boots up a computer, the first instruction that
the microprocessorwill execute is the activation of the BIOS, or basic input/output
system. From that point, the BIOS will load the operating system into the active
memory and move on to the next task in the starting process. Each successive task
will be achieved once the previous task is complete.

Generally, a microprocessor is a component that remains efficient and productive for the life
of the computer. However, it is possible for the functionality of the chip to become damaged
in some manner. When this happens, it is usually an easy process for a computer technician
to replace the corrupted microprocessor with a fully functioning logic chip.
Introduction to Microprocessor
A microprocessor or processor is the heart of the computer and it performs all the computational
tasks, calculations and data processing etc. inside the computer.  Microprocessor is the brain of the
computer. In the computers, the most popular type of the processor is the Intel Pentium chip and the
Pentium 1V is the latest chip by Intel Corporation.  The microprocessors can be classified based on
the following features.

Instruction Set

It is the set of the instructions that the Microprocessor can execute.

Bandwidth

The number of bits processed by the processor in a single instruction.

Clock Speed

Clock speed is measured in the MHz and it determines that how many instructions
a processor can processed.

The speed of the microprocessor is measured in the MHz or GHz.  The processor is
also known as the CPU (Central Processing Unit).   It contains the control unit and
the arithmetic unit and both works together to process the commands.  CPU is used
in every computer whether it is a workstation, server or a laptop.  CPU is a
complete computational engine that is designed as a chip.  It starts the work when
you turn on your computer. 

CPU is designed to perform the arithmetic and logical operations inside the
computer.  Common operations inside the computer include adding, subtracting,
multiplying, comparing the values and fetching the different numbers to process
them.  The higher the CPU clocks’ speed the more efficient will be the
performance of the computer. 

Computer’s performance is also influenced by the system bus architecture,


memory used, type of the processor and software program being running.  Pentium
4 is the fastest type of the Intel’s processor that contains 125,000,000 transistors
and operates at the speed of 3.6 GHz.

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