Saturday, February 15, 2025

Things I did not know about the CPU

When I was assembling my first D.I.Y, PC, only thing I did not touch was  CPU and and the heat sink. I had 15 IBM Network at home (bought them second hand from Alpha Digital in Kandy), and finally dismantled them when I retired. 
I did not give them to any having removed RAMA and Graphic card but to the scrap metal guys but I did fiddle with all the components and showed them to my son. He is now a big guy not at all interested in them but spontaneous humor.
 
Laughter is the best medicine not computers and games and gadgets.
 
Things I did not know about the CPU
An 8-core CPU with 4 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores can handle a variety of tasks while optimizing power consumption.
Explanation

    Performance cores
    Larger, more powerful cores that handle heavy tasks. They have high clock speeds and hyper-threading capabilities.
    Efficiency cores
    Smaller cores that consume less energy and take on lighter tasks. They are used for background tasks that run constantly but don't require much processing power.

Many modern CPUs use a hybrid architecture that mixes performance and efficiency cores. This allows the chips to optimize performance based on the workload.
Intel's Thread Director uses machine learning to schedule tasks on the right core at the right time. This helps ensure that background tasks don't slow you down, and you can have more apps open simultaneously.
You can check the number of cores and threads in your processor by:

    Pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete
    Selecting Task Manager
    Clicking Performance
    Clicking CPU
    Checking Cores number

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