Processor Review Questions

1) How wide are the CPU internal instruction registers on the Pentium Processors, and how does this differ with the CPU data bus?

2) How wide is the Data Bus of the Pentium Processor?

3) What are these internal data registers called or labeled inside the Pentium processor?

4) Which Pentium processor form factor would you select if you were to buy an Intel motherboard that was designed with Slot 1?

5) Which AMD processor form factor would you select if you were to buy an Abit motherboard with an Apollo VIA 133 chipset that was designed to take a socket 362 chip.

6) Define Superscalar.

7) What was the major generational change Intel included when they released the Pentium Pro?

8) What is the primary difference in the L2 cache between a Slot 1 type processor and a Socket 370 type processor?

9) What 2 components on the system board are used primarily for processing?

10) What is the typical amount in KB that on die cache incorporates in Pentium III processors?

11) What is the significance or the advantage of L2 cache running at full core?

12) What is the bit size of the Data Bus on Pentium III processors?

13) Define MMX.

14) Define SSE.

15) How much RAM does a 32 bit and a 36-bit address bus can support?

16) Name at least 3 graphical user interface (GUI) operating systems.

17) Name at least two locations that the speed of the processor might be located inside the computer?

18) What is the major difference between a Celeron processor and the Pentium III processor?

19) When setting up the processor speed in the BIOS, if the processor bus speed is running at 133MHz, what should the multiplier value be set at for an 800MHz Pentium III processor?