Computer Science · Oct / Nov 2023 · Paper 12 · Question 3
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A user’s computer has a central processing unit (CPU) that has a clock speed of 2 GHz. She wants to change it to a CPU that has a clock speed of 3 GHz.
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3(a)(i)[1]
The maximum number of FDE cycles/instructions a CPU canperform/process/execute in a second
3(a)(ii)[2]
Increases/improves the performance // Tasks can be performed quicker/faster… because more FDE cycles/instructions can be processed in a second3(b)[2]
Stores addresses …… of next instruction/data to be fetched // where data is to be written to3(c)[1]
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