Tuesday, November 2, 2010

CPU

No one likes the person who is not using his/ her brain. Likewise, CPU .. CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT is a brain of a computer.

The chip on the computer is called MICROPROCESSOR.

A chip is a single wafter of a material known as SILICON on which the circuit is built.

THE FOLLOWING IS THE FUNCTIONS OF THE CPU

** IT READS THE PROGRAMM
** IT EXECUTES PROGRAM INSTRUCTIONS
** PERFORMS CALCULATIONS
** DECISION MAKER
** COORDINATE THE ACTIVITIES OF THE ENTIRE COMPUTER SYSTEM

That is why we call CPU (CENTRAL PROCESSION UNIT) IS the BRAIN OF THE COMPUTER

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