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Microprocessor and RAM Overview

The microprocessor, also known as the CPU, is the brain of the computer and controls its operations. It is usually enclosed in a protective shell with heatsinks and a fan to prevent overheating. Random-access memory (RAM) is a form of computer data storage that allows stored data to be accessed in any order with constant time performance. RAM is often volatile and will lose its stored information if power is removed. The first RAM modules were created in 1951 and sold until the 1970s.

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Microprocessor and RAM Overview

The microprocessor, also known as the CPU, is the brain of the computer and controls its operations. It is usually enclosed in a protective shell with heatsinks and a fan to prevent overheating. Random-access memory (RAM) is a form of computer data storage that allows stored data to be accessed in any order with constant time performance. RAM is often volatile and will lose its stored information if power is removed. The first RAM modules were created in 1951 and sold until the 1970s.

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13th July 2011 (Wednesday)

CPU AND RAM

Microprocessor Chip

The microprocessor, (or CPU), is the brain of the computer. The picture above shows a slot 1 processor with heatsinks and a fan, which prevent it from overheating. Below is the processor without the heatsinks and fan, being inserted into a slot 1 motherboard connection. Slot 1 processors have the microprocessor and level 2 cache memory mounted on a circuit board, (or card), which is enclosed inside of a protective shell.

Random-access memory

Chipset

Random-access memory (RAM) is a form of computer data storage. Today, it takes the form of integrated circuits that allow stored data to be accessed in any order with a worst case performance of constant time. Strictly speaking, modern types of DRAM are therefore not random access, as data is read in bursts, although the name DRAM / RAM has stuck. However, many types of SRAM, ROM, OTP, and NOR flash are still random access even in a strict sense. RAM is often associated with volatile types of memory (such as DRAM memory modules), where its stored information is lost if the power is removed. Many other types of non-volatile memory are RAM as well, including most types of ROM and a type of flash memory called NOR-Flash. The first RAM modules to come into the market were created in 1951 and were sold until the late 1960s and early 1970s. However, other memory devices (magnetic tapes, disks) can access the storage data in a predetermined order, because mechanical designs only allow this.

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