1.0Edexcel iGCSE Computer Sciencehttps://learnlearn.uk/edexcel-igcse-computer-sciencelearnlearnadminhttps://learnlearn.uk/edexcel-igcse-computer-science/author/learnlearnadmin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="lIHpNXVQNE"><a href="https://learnlearn.uk/edexcel-igcse-computer-science/cpu-performance-factors/">CPU Performance Factors</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://learnlearn.uk/edexcel-igcse-computer-science/cpu-performance-factors/embed/#?secret=lIHpNXVQNE" width="600" height="338" title="“CPU Performance Factors” — Edexcel iGCSE Computer Science" data-secret="lIHpNXVQNE" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> Clock speed of the processor The CPU executes 1 instruction per ‘tick’ of the CPU clock. A typical CPU clock speed is 2GHz (2 billion ticks per second!). The faster the clock speed the more instructions per second the CPU can process. Number of cores Most modern CPUs are multi-core, meaning effectively they have more than… Read More »