Week 2

Question 1

Simple Computer Model Components

Answer 1

System Bus connects 3 parts of computer.

CPU, RAM and Devices

Question 2

What is a parallel system bus?

Answer 2

A system bus that transports a predefined number of bits. One bit per wire.

Question 3

List three busses in parallel system bus.

Answer 3

The Data Bus
The Address Bus
The Control Bus

Question 4

Define 3 busses.

Answer 4

Address Bus - identifies which byte of RAM wishes to address
Max RAM 2^k
Data Bus - carries the data to and from CPU.
Control Bus - contains signals that control the functions of the interconnected components.

Question 5

What is clock skew?

Answer 5

Clock skew effectively limits the bus speed

Question 6

What is Von Neumann Architecture?

Answer 6

CPU instructions and data sre both stored in the same memory bank. RAM

Question 7

List RAM steps.

Answer 7

Fetch-Decode-Execute-Write

Question 8

Ways to measure and compare computer hardware and software performance?

Answer 8

Execution time.
Throughput.
Latency.
Speedup.