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Hardware

Integrated Circuits (ICs)

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PowerPC

x86 Microprocessors

Terms

45 nanometer	64-bit
680x0	90 nanometer
ACHA	Alpha Processor
ALU	AMD64
ARQ	array processor
ASIC	backside bus
BIST	bit-slice
BogoMips	Built-In Self-Test
CFM	chip
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
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