Define the function of Motherboard and processor?

Answer 1

Motherboard is the unit that integrates all your other parts into one system. Your vid card, sound card, processor chips, power, mouse, keyboard all plug into it!

Processor is the unit which translates information and sends it off to the proper area... the faster, the better!

Good luck

Answer 2

The CPU processor is the main brains of the computer that does most of the calculations. There may be other chips on the video card or the mother board that do calculations, but the CPU runs the commands that comes from programs and the operating system usually. The motherboard puts all the components of the computer together, and has a special ROM chip that holds a basic operating system that allows the computer to boot up. I'm probably wording this all wrong. Various cards that you can add to the computer are inserted into slots on the motherboard that the motherboard processes signals and routes commands from the CPU to the various components. The memory is mounted on the motherboard. The motherboard is like grand central station for all the different components, they are all connected by various sets of wires called a bus. It's difficult to define a motherboard because more and more components are increasingly being integrated into the motherboard, and more and more processors other than the CPU are processing, and newer kinds of busses, and slots are being designed. Unless you have a computer that is a prototype, your computer is already obsolete by the time you buy it, because the technology is advancing. Eventually the term "motherboard" will probably become irrelevant as we get into throw away technology.

Answer 3

Define Motherboard

Answer 4

Motherboard Definition

Answer 5

In it's basic functions, the motherboard is the like the nervous system and the processor is like the brain.

The motherboard provides the essential basics for integrating your computer's components and directs the flow of data between them. Each motherboard has specific compatibilities that determine what components will fit and what will not (e.g.: processor socket types, I/O controllers, SATA controllers, RAM sockets, etc.). Newer ones these days also provide extra features such as integrated Wi-Fi, system cooling, noise reduction, over-clocking assistance, etc.

The processor receives data and instructions sent from a computer's various components and sends out processed data to be directed to the different peripherals. These days, you're now seeing processors on video cards and now you might start seeing them more commonly on physics processing units for those hardcore gamers. By having multiple processors/brains, a computer can process more streams of data and instructions at a time, thus emulating faster performance.

On that note, faster processors do not necessarily mean faster performance. The newer dual core processors have slower speeds but have been shown to be faster at multi-tasking (processing more than one stream of data and instructions) than your conventional single core processor.

Answer 6

The "motherboard" is a central element of the personal computer, the main circuitboard to which one connects memory, peripherals and other devices, which extend the capabilities of the computer. Motherboard (the art group) may be described as a collective of artists and 'techsperts' gathered around the core members Per Platou and Amanda Steggell, for various projects. The majority of their work has taken the form of installations and performative live art happenings, mediated and modulated by the intermediary influence of the net, and often integrate audience participation and interaction. Through their ambitious vehicles they explore the materiality and resistance of the net as a mediating instance.


Micro processor:
A microprocessor (sometimes abbreviated µP) is a digital electronic component with transistors on a single semiconductor integrated circuit (IC). One or more microprocessors typically serve as a central processing unit (CPU) in a computer system or handheld device.

Microprocessors made possible the advent of the microcomputer. Before this, electronic CPUs were typically made from bulky discrete switching devices (and later small-scale integrated circuits) containing the equivalent of only a few transistors. By integrating the processor onto one or a very few large-scale integrated circuit packages (containing the equivalent of thousands or millions of discrete transistors), the cost of processor power was greatly reduced. Since the advent of the IC in the mid-1970s, the microprocessor has become the most prevalent implementation of the CPU, nearly completely replacing all other forms. See History of computing hardware for pre-electronic and early electronic computers.

The evolution of microprocessors has been known to follow Moore's Law when it comes to steadily increasing performance over the years. This law suggests that the complexity of an integrated circuit, with respect to minimum component cost, doubles every 24 months. This dictum has generally proven true since the early 1970s. From their humble beginnings as the drivers for calculators, the continued increase in power has led to the dominance of microprocessors over every other form of computer; every system from the largest mainframes to the smallest handheld computers now uses a microprocessor at its core

Answer 7

The processor is the brain of the computer. It's what processes information.

The motherboard contains all the main components--the tools used by the processor to do it's job. The motherboard contains, among other things, RAM chips and connections for peripheral components such as external memory, graphics cards, etc.,.

Answer 8

I have never heard of this. If you are talking from where you have heard of people using multiple processors, you can buy boards with multiple processors. This usually is more for the area of server building. I won't say that it can't be done, but I have never heard of it and really don't see how it will work.

Answer 9

The processor's sole function is to make binary decisions. 0 and 1. The motherboard handles everything else. It handles the input/output, interfaces with a disc drive controller, interfaces with a video controller, etc.

Answer 10

Processor: Basically the brains of the computer, receives instructions and executes it.
Motherboard: Allows the computer (all parts) to receive power and communicate with each other.

Motherboard - nervous system
CPU - Brain