Most modern CPUs are primarily von Neumann in design, but elements of the Harvard architecture are commonly seen as well.

Most of these early synchronous CPUs ran at low clock rates compared to modern microelectronic designs ( see below for a discussion of clock rate ).

Most modern CPU designs are at least somewhat superscalar, and nearly all general purpose CPUs designed in the last decade are superscalar.

Most early vector CPUs, such as the Cray-1, were associated almost exclusively with scientific research and cryptography applications.

Most modern CPUs have several execution units.

; unaligned access: Most CPUs are byte-addressable, where each unique memory address refers to an 8-bit byte.

Most CPUs can access individual bytes from each memory address, but they generally cannot access larger units ( 16 bits, 32 bits, 64 bits and so on ) without these units being " aligned " to a specific boundary.

Most modern CPUs " guess " which branch will be taken even before the calculation is complete, so that they can load up the instructions for the branch, or ( in some architectures ) even start to compute them speculatively.

* Most people own more than one P. C., though the concept of what a " computer " is has changed considerably: Computers are no longer limited in design to laptops or CPUs contained in a large box connected to a monitor.

Most CPUs implement the processor registers as a small dual-ported or multi-ported RAM ( see Register File ).

Most modern CPUs are considerably more complex than this description suggests.

Most modern CPUs are so fast that for most program workloads, the bottleneck is the locality of reference of memory accesses and the efficiency of the caching and memory transfer between different levels of the hierarchy.

Most high performance 32-bit and 64-bit processors ( some notable exceptions are most ARM and 32-bit MIPS CPUs ) have integrated floating point hardware, which is often, but not always, based on 64-bit units of data.

Most CPUs are designed so that the contents of a single integer register can store the address ( location ) of any datum in the computer's virtual memory.

Most modern CPUs increase their effective operating speeds by multiplying the system clock frequency by a factor ( the CPU multiplier ).

Most modern mainstream and value CPUs are made with a lower TDP to reduce heat, noise, and power consumption.

Most modern desktop and server CPUs have at least three independent caches: an instruction cache to speed up executable instruction fetch, a data cache to speed up data fetch and store, and a translation lookaside buffer ( TLB ) used to speed up virtual-to-physical address translation for both executable instructions and data.

Most modern CPUs will only cause a therm-trip on a catastrophic cooling failure such as a stuck fan or a loose heatsink.

Most machines use the Runway bus to connect the CPUs directly to the IOMMU ( Astro, U2 / Uturn or Java ) and memory.

Most modern CPUs ( even embedded CPUs ) are now pipelined, and microcoded CPUs with no pipelining are seen only in the most area-constrained embedded processors.

Most modern CPUs feature SIMD instruction sets ( SSE, AltiVec etc.

Most striking indeed is this beyond-normal ability to put a finger on `` pre-conscious '' moods and to clarify them.

Most of the student side-kicks got cancelled and DirkJan left university, first for jail ( DJ is a notorious Kabouter abuser ) and then to wander the globe and indeed space.

Most paleoanthropologists agree that the early " Homo " species were indeed responsible for most of the Oldowan tools found.

Most of his political measures, indeed, stood the test of experience, but in ecclesiastico-political matters he witnessed with sorrow the gradual decline of Catholicism and the spread of Lutheranism within his dominions, in spite of his earnest efforts and forcible prohibition of the new doctrine.

Most books, indeed all types of high-volume text, are now printed using offset lithography.

Most silicon is used commercially without being separated, and indeed often with little processing of compounds from nature.

Most Chief Justices, including John Roberts, have been nominated to the highest position on the Court without any previous experience on the Supreme Court ; indeed some, such as Earl Warren, received confirmation despite having no prior judicial experience.

Most were compiled long after the triumph had been fully co-opted into a Imperial-monarchic system of government which to an earlier Republican would have seemed very un-Roman indeed.

Most researchers believe that this is indeed the case – a lengthy attempt at proving this was undertaken by the late Jim Eve.

Most of these have analogous effects in solid-state physics ; indeed, one can often gain a better intuitive understanding by examining these cases.

Most lineages — frigatebirds, gannets, cormorants and anhingas — constitute indeed a natural group, for which the names Suliformes or Phalacrocoraciformes have been proposed.

Most of these peoples were indeed of related kin to the Edain and would later form most of the population of Gondor and Arnor.

Most candidates take the MPRE while still in law school ; indeed, some states require that a candidate pass the MPRE before being allowed to sit for the bar exam.

Most siderophile elements have practically no affinity whatsoever for oxygen: indeed oxides of gold are thermodynamically unstable with respect to the elements.

Most usually a former king's son became tanist ( sometimes the son of the king simultaneously elected, however perhaps more often a son of a rival branch of the dynasty ), but not because the system of primogeniture was in any way recognized ; indeed, the only principle adopted was that the dignity of chieftainship should descend to the eldest and most worthy of the same male-line blood of the clan.

Most symbolic interactionists believe a physical reality does indeed exist by an individual's social definitions, and that social definitions do develop in part or relation to something “ real .” People thus do not respond to this reality directly, but rather to the social understanding of reality.

Most Shi ' ites realized, however, that ar-Rida was too old to survive him and saw al-Ma ' mun's gesture as empty ; indeed, Al-Ma ' mun poisoned Ali ar-Rida who then died in 818.

Most Muslims and, indeed, most Asians have reported increased antagonism.

Most historians place the Bulgar language among the " Lir " branch of Turkic languages referred to as Oghur-Turkic, Lir-Turkic, or, indeed, " Bulgar Turkic " as opposed to the " Shaz "- type of Common Turkic.

Most of the secular scholars conclude that Aaron ben Asher was indeed a Karaite though there is evidence against this view ( see suggestions for further reading ).

Most Greeks believed the Earth to be stationary and at the centre of the universe in accordance with the geocentric model and that the objects in the sky, and indeed the sky itself, revolved around it.

Most portknocks are stateful systems in that if the first part of the " knock " has been received successfully, an incorrect second part would not allow the remote user to continue and, indeed, would give the remote user no clue as to how far through the sequence they failed.

Most modern astrologers use the four classical elements extensively, and indeed it is still viewed as a critical part of interpreting the astrological chart.

Most of the evidence is stacked against Childers, especially because the National Security Advisor, Bill Sokal, is determined for him to be convicted, and at one point burns a videotape of security camera footage showing that the crowd, including an innocent-looking little girl, had indeed been in possession of weapons, justifying Childers ' actions.