Processors & Primary Storage Devices

• It is the brain of the computer
• It is a semi-conductor device
• It contains the complete CPU (Central processing Unit) in a single chip
• It performs Arithmetic and logical functions
  

• Primary Storage for the CPU

• Integrated circuits (chips) are used to temporarily store programs, instuctions and data

• It is a volatile memory (requires power to store the data)
  

• Speed (Measured in Hz (Hertz))
• Width (Measured in bits, Ex: 16bits, 32bits or 64bits)
• FSB Speed (Front Side Bus) (Measured in Hz)
• Cache memory (measured in Kbytes/Mbytes)
  

This is Intel Processer Specifications
Processor Manufactures

• Intel
• AMD (Advanced micro Devices)
• VIA
• Motorola