5:The basic components of computer system
6:ARMTM
7:DSP Processor Fundamentals
8:VLSI Architectures
Technical English for Electronic and Information
Engineering
PART 2 — Modern Electronics Devices
Liu Tong
liutong2@mail2.sysu.edu.cn
Huizhou University Department of Electronics Engineering
2017, March
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Unit 5: The basic components
of computer system
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New Words and Technical Terms
New Words
memory
bus
processor
semiconductor
performance
location
signal
instruction
flip-flop
chip
transistor
binary
Technical Terms
central processing unit (CPU)
integrated circuit (IC)
input/output (I/O)
metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS)
read random memory (RAM)
only read memory (ROM)
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The basic components that make up a computer system include: the
CPU, memory, I/O, and the bus that connects these components together.
John Von Neumann, a pioneer in computer design, gave the architec-
ture of most computers in use today. A typical Von Neumann system has
three major parts: the central processing unit (or CPU), memory, and in-
put/output (or I/O). How a system designs these parts impacts the system
performance. In VNA machines, like the 80x86 family, the CPU is
where all the actions take place[1]. All computations occur inside the
CPU. Data and CPU instructions reside in memory until required by the
CPU. To the CPU, most I/O devices look like memory because the CPU
can store data to an output device and read data from an input device.
The major difference between memory and I/O device is that I/O device
is generally associated with external device in the outside world.
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In VNA machines, like the 80x86 family, the CPU is where
all the actions take place[1].
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The system bus connects various components of a VNA ma-
chine. The 80x86 family has three major busses: the address bus,
the data bus, and the control bus. A bus is a connection of wires on
which electrical signals pass through components in the system. For
example, the data bus may have a different implementation between
the 80386 and the 8086, but both carry data among the processor,
I/O, and memory. The 80x86 processor uses the data bus to trans-
fer data among the various components in a computer system. The
size of this bus varies widely in the 80x86 family.
Indeed, this bus
defines the /size0of the processor.
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The data bus on an 80x86 family processor transfers information
between a particular memory location or I/O device and the CPU.
The only question is, /Which memory location or I/O device?0The
address bus answers this question.