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OCR GCSE Computer Science Exam Questions

1.1 Systems Architecture

1.1 question 44

Identify two other factors (apart from clock speed) that can improve CPU performance.

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MARKS

Mark scheme

• Cache size – allows frequently used data to be accessed quickly.
• Number of cores – allows multiple instructions to be processed at the same time (parallel processing).

Exam guidance

1 mark per valid factor. Accept other hardware improvements e.g., instruction set efficiency.
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