CPU Comparison

Go to http://www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/processor.asp and use the information in this chart to answer the following questions.

 

1. Which processor has the most transistors packed into it? How many transistors?
   
   
   
2. What is the current maximum CPU speed? What CPU provides this?
   
   
   
   
3. What is L2 cache? Which chip has the most? How much?
   
   
   
   
4. What is the front-side bus? What is the fastest front-side bus speed?
   
   
   
   
5. The front-side buses listed on this chart are old so do a quick search for a motherboard that costs $100 or more. Look at the memory this motherboard supports, how fast is it? This is how fast current front-side buses are.
   
   
   
   
6. What is the back-side bus?
   
   
   
   
7. Which is faster, the front-side bus or the back-side bus? Explain
   
   
   
   
   
8. Go to pricewatch.com or some other web site and find out how much an AMD Athlon II X4 and an Intel Core 2 Quad costs. List the vendors website, the price and the specs for this chip.