For ten points, identify this hardware component that handles instructions and computation for a computer.
Asynchronous examples of these devices include AMULET and ILLIAC II, which are coordinated using pipeline controls and FIFO sequencers. They operate primarily based on fetch, decode, execute, and writeback, and the von Neumann bottleneck limiting their performance can be reduced by adding a (*) cache. They transmit information between the ALU, registers, and memory, and their clock rate is typically measured in gigahertz. Multiple cores can be found in ones manufactured by AMD and Intel. For ten points, identify this hardware component that handles instructions and computation for a computer.
Asynchronous examples of these devices include AMULET and ILLIAC II, which are coordinated using pipeline controls and FIFO sequencers.
CPU or central processing unit [accept microprocessor]