MCQ IN COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

COMPUTER ORGANIZATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What part of the CPU is being described.Very fast memory which stores regularly used instructions. CPU can access instructions held here quicker than from RAM
A
ALU
B
Control Unit
C
Cache
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Cache memory is the fastest system memory, required to keep up with the CPU as it fetches and executes instructions. The data most frequently used by the CPU is stored in cache memory.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cache memory operates between 10 to 100 times faster than RAM, requiring only a few nanoseconds to respond to a CPU request. The name of the actual hardware that is used for cache memory is high-speed static random access memory (SRAM).

Detailed explanation-3: -cache memory, also called cache, supplementary memory system that temporarily stores frequently used instructions and data for quicker processing by the central processing unit (CPU) of a computer. The cache augments, and is an extension of, a computer’s main memory.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cache memory is a type of high-speed random access memory (RAM) which is built into the processor . Data can be transferred to and from cache memory more quickly than from RAM. As a result, cache memory is used to temporarily hold data and instructions that the processor is likely to reuse.

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