Computer Architecture

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Across
  1. 2. Register used exclusively by the ALU for temporarily storing calculations
  2. 4. Type of bus responsible for transporting instructions and data
  3. 6. Individual processing units within the CPU
  4. 8. Small capacity, fast to access memory located directly on the cpu
  5. 9. Register which stores data that has been FETCHED from memory
  6. 10. The number of clock cycles completed per second
  7. 11. counter Register which stores the address of the NEXT instruction to be fetched
  8. 13. Responsible for sending signals to hardware and software instructing what to do and when
Down
  1. 1. Amount of bits carried by a bus
  2. 3. The cycle followed by the CPU in order to process an instruction
  3. 5. Type of bus responsible for transporting addresses
  4. 7. Process of increasing clock speed beyond manufacturers speed
  5. 12. The calculator of the CPU. Performs Arithemtic and Logic operations