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The microprocessor is an integrated circuit that elaborates information in the form of digital signals. Not to be confused with a microcontroller, which embeds many additional devices to control embedded systems.

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If the integrated circuit die is very small what is the role of the extra circuit packaging?

I noticed that the actual integrated circuits of processors, GPUs, ROMs, specific integrated circuits and other ICs are very small but they usually come in a package that is much bigger. What is the p …
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If the silicon wafers from which the processors are made are so sensitive that workers wear ...

I saw many videos on YouTube in which people delid processors and then apply better liquids for cooling the processor. Example: i5 & i7 Haswell & Ivy Bridge - FULL Delid Tutorial - (Vice Method) Howe …
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How is it possible that lower CAS latency and lower timings on RAM memory to result in lower...

I have watched many benchmarks on RAM memories and I was shocked to find out that sometimes lowering the memory timings can result in lower performance in BOTH synthetic benchmarks general use of prog …
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