OCR GCSE Computer Science Exam Questions

1.1 Systems Architecture

1.1 question 9

State what is meant by a single-core 2.5 GHz processor.

MARKS

Mark scheme

Single core: One processor.
2.5 GHz: ~2.5 billion FDE cycles per second.

Exam guidance

Must reference cycles per second for the GHz mark; ‘speed’ alone is insufficient.