Building Blocks of Hardware: From CPUs to Peripherals
Building Blocks of Hardware: From CPUs to Peripherals Hardware is the tangible part of devices. It is built from building blocks that work together. Knowing these blocks helps you choose, upgrade, and fix gadgets. This guide offers a simple map from CPUs to peripherals. The brain of a computer is the CPU. It performs calculations and coordinates tasks. Modern CPUs have several cores, which act like small workers handling different jobs at the same time. A higher clock speed helps some tasks, but overall speed also depends on memory flow and data access. ...