AQA 7517 4.7.3.7: Factors affecting processor performance
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- A9.8 Performance, pipelining and parallel processors Computer architecture
Cores, cache, clock speed, word length and bus widths; pipelining; CISC and RISC; multicore systems and GPUs.
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