Central Processing Unit (CPU) Architecture

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

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

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

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

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

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Understand how different ports provide connection to peripheral devices

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

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Show understanding of the purpose of interrupts

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