What is CPU

Stands for Central Processing Unit.

Carries out instructions from computer programs.

• Runs computer's OS and applications.

Topics

• Page walk
• cpu scheduling algorithms
  • https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/cpu-scheduling-in-operating-systems/
• cpu execution ports
• cpu cache affinity
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_computing
• numa cpu architecture
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Device_driver
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_protection
• https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/logical-and-physical-address-in-operating-system/
• https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/difference-between-page-and-block-in-operating-system/
• https://www.tutorchase.com/answers/a-level/computer-science/what-are-virtual-and-physical-addresses-in-memory-management
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3243610/difference-between-physical-addressing-and-virtual-addressing-concept
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22137555/whats-the-difference-between-page-and-block-in-operating-system
• cpu thread switching
• tlb
  • cpu tlb flushing
  • address space identifier tlb
• what is frontend and backend of cpu
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro-operation
• https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Introduction_to_Computers/Memory
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2724449/difference-between-word-addressable-and-byte-addressable
• dynamically resizable array
• heap memory fifo
• https://www.techspot.com/article/2000-anatomy-cpu/
• 98% of cpu is comprised of cache
• https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/difference-between-byte-addressable-memory-and-word-addressable-memory/
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4552905/what-is-the-difference-between-a-32-bit-and-64-bit-processor
• https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/32-bit-vs-64-bit-operating-systems/