JC1: CHAPTER 4 LESSON

​CHAPTER 4: PROCESSOR FUNDAMENTALS

By Casielyn Capistrano

Learning Objectives

1. Show understanding of the basic Von Neumann model for a computer system and the stored program concept

2. Show understanding of the purpose and role of registers, including the difference between general purpose and special purpose registers

3. Show understanding of the purpose and roles of the Arithmetic and Logic Unit (ALU), Control Unit (CU) and system clock, Immediate Access Store (IAS)

Learning Objectives

4. Show understanding of how data are transferred between various components of the computer system using the address bus, data bus and control bus

5. Show understanding of how factors contribute to the performance of the computer system

6. Understand how different ports provide connection to peripheral devices

7. Describe the stages of the Fetch-Execute (F-E) cycle

8. Show understanding of the purpose of interrupts

9. Evaluate how modifying system components (e.g., increasing clock speed, adding cache, using multi-core processors) impacts real-world system performance under different scenarios.