Module 3. CPU ABDULFETA ABDULAZIZ

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Across
  1. 2. Is a temporary holding location on a CPU where data must be placed before the CPU can use it
  2. 5. Carries address signals to indicate where data should be read from or written to in the system’s memory
  3. 12. Is a series of lanes that are used to communicate between the CPU and other major parts of the computer
  4. 13. Most CPUs also contain
  5. 14. Carries status signals between the CPU and other devices
  6. 17. A small program inside a CISC CPU that must interpret and execute each instruction
  7. 18. Is the list of machine code commands that the CPU supports
  8. 19. Is the director of operations in the CPU
  9. 20. Processor has four cores
Down
  1. 1. The numeric code read by the CPU that represents a particular machine instruction
  2. 3. Is an address that a CPU begins reading from whenever the CPU receives a reset signa
  3. 4. Is the chip that performs the actual computational and logic wor
  4. 6. CPUs are manufactured on a silicon wafer, and the result is called a
  5. 7. Carries the actual data that is being read from or written to system memory
  6. 8. Is a path or channel between a computer’s CPU and the devices it manages
  7. 9. Computer program that translates assembly code into numeric values called opcodes that the CPU can understand
  8. 10. Processor contains two cores
  9. 11. Is the part of a CPU that reads and executes machine code
  10. 15. A register on a CPU that contains the address of the next instruction the CPU will execute
  11. 16. Is the ability of the CPU to perform more than one task on a single clock cycle