The microprocessor chip is the “brain” of the computer. It is where you find the CPU. Original Intel microprocessor chips were originally identified through a numbering system (286, 386, 486) but this allowed other companies to develop similar chips and use the same system making it difficult to differentiate the Intel chip. Intel then developed the Pentium name and now use this to identify their microprocessor chips. Other types of chips include AMD and Cyrix.
Microprocessor chips are distinguished by their Clock Speed. Clock speed determines how fast instructions are interpreted by the CPU. Clock speed is measured in megahertz (MHz) or millions of cycles per second, or gigahertz (GHz) billions of cycles per second. The faster the clock speed to more instructions that the processor can interpret, and thus the faster the computer.
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