Hardware

Processor and Memory - CPU

The Von Neumann architecture is based on a single computing element, the Central Processing Unit (CPU).
The top of a 486 CPU processor chip	The underside of a Pentium processor chip showing pins
Processor chips vary slightly in look depending on which company has made them. They are all made up from the same elements except some work faster and more efficiently than others. The above examples are Intel® processor chips, a popular brand.