[Isabelle Tubbs]

The motherboard is essentially the main board that contains the system’s circuitry and connectors. It allows communication between different parts of a computer system. Because it contains such important components, it is one of the most valuable parts of a computer. For example, one component that the motherboard holds is the RAM slot. The RAM (Random Access Memory) slot allows the computer to have a place to store information.

Another component the motherboard gives space for is the CPU. As the central processing unit of the computer, this gives the computer its power and processing ability. The CPU acts upon the instructions it receives from the computer’s hardware and software, so its control unit is responsible for retrieving, understanding, and executing those instructions. It may also communicate with its arithmetic logic unit if arithmetic and logic operations need to be completed. How fast the CPU can process determines how fast the computer can run its instructions.