1. For this question, check all that apply. Which of the following five statemen

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1. For this question, check all that apply. Which of the following five statements about current computer hardware is/are true?
A hard disk is a type of volatile memory
A PC keyboard generally contains a processor
A modern processor chip often contains multiple processors
Wiring between components is usually organized as a set of busses
The processor chip in a high-end PC can execute over a billion instructions in a second

3. Most of Intel's processors can still execute programs that were written for the 80386. When that processor was introduced in 1991, there were 275,000 transistors on the chip. Given that, which of the following is closest to the number of 80386 processors that would fit on a single processor chip using the state-of-the-art technologies that Intel currently uses for their high-end processors? (Hint: if you know Moore's law, you don't have to look-up this answer.)
1
10
100
10,000
1,000,000

Explanation / Answer

1

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

3

10 (every year transitors per inches increases by 1.5)

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