In this tutorial, we briefly describe a basic computer architecture and principles of its operation ,a free PDF training course under 12 pages by Milo Martin & Amir Roth.
A computer is an information processing machine. It is able to acquire information, store it, turn it into performing any treatments and return it in another form.
The computer word is a contraction of the words information and automatic.
The main constituents of a minimum computer
A computer, is composed of a center and a periphery. We will focus on the heart of a single-processor computer. We know that it is composed of:
A central unit comprising:
- Processing unit,
- control unit
- Units trade.
- A Central Memory
Course index
- What is Computer Architecture?
- Introduction
- Design Goals
- Functional
- Reliable
- High performance
- Shaping Force: Applications/Domains
- Application Specific Designs
- General-purpose CPUs
- Application-specific chips
- Constant Change: Technology
- The Microprocessor
- First Microprocessor
- Implicit Parallelism
- Abstraction, Layering, and Computers
- Why Study Computer Architecture?
- Computer Science as an Estuary
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