eSecurity Planet: Software & Internet Security Trends, Virus Alerts

November 24, 2009

Hot topics :

Microprocessors

Parent Categories

Hardware

Subcategories

PowerPC

Terms

45 nanometer	64-bit
680x0	90 nanometer
ACHA	Alpha Processor
ALU	AMD Fusion
AMD64	ARQ
array processor	ASIC
backside bus	BIST
bit-slice	BogoMips
Built-In Self-Test	CFM
chip	chip multithreading
chipset	CISC
clock speed	clock tick
clock tripling	CNR
coprocessor	CPU
CPU socket	CPU time
C-RIMM	CU
die	Digital Media Boost
digital-to-analog converter	DP
DSP	dual-core
dual-processor	Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology
EPLD	Execute Disable Bit
fab	fabless
FC-PGA	fetch
flip-flop	FLOPS
Flynns taxonomy	FPU
frontside bus	GHz
heat spreader	homogeneous register architecture
Hyper-Threading	Hz
ICH	ImageWriter
instruction	instruction cycle
instruction set	Instruction-Level Parallelism
integrated circuit	Intel V8
Itanium	kHz
Larrabee	LCS
lockstep processor technique	MCH
Merced	MHz
microcode	microcontroller
micro-FCBGA	micro-FCPGA
microprocessor	MIMD
MISD	MMU
mobo	Moore's Law
MOSFET	motherboard
Motorola microprocessors	MPU
multi-core technology	nanotechnology
native code	NGMA
non-homogeneous register architecture	Northbridge
opcode	Opteron
oscillator clock	overclock
Pentium 4	Pentium III
petaflop	PGA
PIA	picoJava
pipelining	PLCC
PPGA	primary cache
processor	quad core
quad-core	RAMDAC
RDI	register
reverse Hyper-Threading	RIMM
RISC	scratchpad RAM
secondary cache	semiconductor
silicon	SIMD
simultaneous multithreading	SIP
SISD	SMT
Socket 478	Socket 754
Socket 939	Socket S1
Socket T	SOI
Southbridge	SPARC
SPEC	SSE
structural hazard	superscalar
system bus	tag RAM
thermal compound	THz
Tile64	trace cache
transistor	ULSI
UMA	VHSIC
VLIW	voltage regulator
VRM	wafer
wait state	wrapper
zero wait state	ZIF socket