Hardware

Integrated Circuits (ICs)

PowerPC

x86 Microprocessors

45 nanometer	64-bit
680x0	90 nanometer
ACHA	Alpha Processor
ALU	AMD Fusion
AMD64	ARQ
array processor	ASIC
backside bus	BIST
bit-slice	BogoMips
Built-In Self-Test	CFM
chip	chipset
CISC	clock speed
clock tick	clock tripling
CNR	coprocessor
CPU	CPU socket
CPU time	C-RIMM
CU	die
Digital Media Boost	digital-to-analog converter
DP	DSP
dual-core	dual-processor
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology	EPLD
Execute Disable Bit	fab
fabless	FC-PGA
fetch	flip-flop
FLOPS	Flynns taxonomy
FPU	frontside bus
GHz	heat spreader
homogeneous register architecture	Hyper-Threading
Hz	ICH
ImageWriter	instruction
instruction cycle	instruction set
Instruction-Level Parallelism	integrated circuit
Intel V8	Itanium
kHz	Larrabee
LCS	lockstep processor technique
MCH	Merced
MHz	microcode
microcontroller	micro-FCBGA
micro-FCPGA	microprocessor
MIMD	MISD
MMU	mobo
Moore's Law	MOSFET
motherboard	Motorola microprocessors
MPU	multi-core technology
nanotechnology	native code
NGMA	non-homogeneous register architecture
Northbridge	opcode
Opteron	oscillator clock
overclock	Pentium 4
Pentium III	petaflop
PGA	PIA
picoJava	pipelining
PLCC	PPGA
primary cache	processor
quad core	quad-core
RAMDAC	RDI
register	reverse Hyper-Threading
RIMM	RISC
scratchpad RAM	secondary cache
semiconductor	silicon
SIMD	simultaneous multithreading
SIP	SISD
SMT	Socket 478
Socket 754	Socket 939
Socket S1	Socket T
SOI	Southbridge
SPARC	SPEC
SSE	structural hazard
superscalar	system bus
tag RAM	thermal compound
THz	Tile64
trace cache	transistor
ULSI	UMA
VHSIC	VLIW
voltage regulator	VRM
wafer	wait state
wrapper	zero wait state
ZIF socket