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What is applied to the CPU before attaching the heat-sink/fan assembly?

A) Alcohol prep
B) Protective film
C) Thermal compound
D) Glue

E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Intel's _______________ technology, for example, enables the CPU to run in very low power mode and scale up automatically if the user demands more power from the CPU.

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What is one big advantage of OEM CPU coolers?

RAM is arranged in _______________-sized rows.

How much RAM can 32-bit processors access?

When the CPU looks for a line of code, where will it look first?

To reduce wait states, CPUs come with built-in _______________.

Suppose the number of wires in a CPU's address bus is 20.What is the maximum amount of RAM the CPU can handle?

Which type of cache was originally located outside the CPU on the motherboard?

What type of socket package do AMD chips use?

The address bus and external data bus (connecting the CPU, MCC, and RAM) were collectively called the _______________ bus.

The connection between the CPU and the L2 cache has been called the _______________ bus.

What are primary reasons for integrating the graphics processing unit (GPU) into the CPU.

Computers use _______________ for the main system memory.

What will newer CPUs usually do before overheating?

No CPU ever made has fewer than _______________ stages, but advancements in caching have increased the number of stages over the years.

How much RAM can a 64-bit processor theoretically access?

Which CPU is targeted at the mobile device platform?

Which type of processor is sometimes integrated with the CPU to handle certain tasks more efficiently, such as video processing?

What is an address bus?