CPU parts

[Boinbo]

I know transistors and circuits are a thing in CPUs. What other parts are there? What do they do? Thanks!

[FarAwayFromTheSun]

Glue to hold the heat shield on.

Solder or thermal paste so that heat transfers from the core to the heat shield.

 

Gold used for the contact pins / pads.

[Boinbo]

Just now, HedgeSledge said:

Glue to hold the heat shield on.

Solder or thermal paste so that heat transfers from the core to the heat shield.

 

Gold used for the contact pins / pads.

Thanks. Also, what do the transistors, silicon, and circuits do?

[mariushm]

mosfets

resistors

capacitors (in sram, L1 cache, L2 cache, L3 cache) ... each bit is a capacitor

other fundamental components

 

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[FarAwayFromTheSun]

Just now, Boinbo said:

Thanks. Also, what do the transistors, silicon, and circuits do?

Silicon is what they are made out of. Trnsisitors switch, this is what processes 1's & 0's, speed of switching is based on the CPU's clock speed along with other enhancements which make the CPU more efficient at a given clock speed.

[Boinbo]

Just now, mariushm said:

mosfets

resistors

capacitors (in sram, L1 cache, L2 cache, L3 cache) ... each bit is a capacitor

other fundamental components

Oh, CPUs also have MOSFETS? Cool. And what do resistors, and capacitors actually do though? I'd like the parts and their use if possible.

[Boinbo]

Just now, HedgeSledge said:

Silicon is what they are made out of. Trnsisitors switch, this is what processes 1's & 0's, speed of switching is based on the CPU's clock speed along with other enhancements which make the CPU more efficient at a given clock speed.

Ohh silicon makes the chip, and transistors make the binary code make sense.

[mariushm]

Each bit of memory (in caches for example) is basically a super tiny capacitor that either holds a charge (a binary 1) or doesn't (binary 0).

Transistors and mosfets are used to create logic components like AND, NOT, XOR ... and perform operations ... cpu performs operations on bits and bytes and puts results in another place and then does other things with the result and so on...

[Boinbo]

Just now, mariushm said:

Each bit of memory (in caches for example) is basically a super tiny capacitor that either holds a charge (a binary 1) or doesn't (binary 0).

Transistors and mosfets are used to create logic components like AND, NOT, XOR ... and perform operations ... cpu performs operations on bits and bytes and puts results in another place and then does other things with the result and so on...

Okay, thank you!