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Internal Components, Buses & Von Neumann Architecture

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AQA A-level Computer Science (7517) Paper 2, 4.7.1 & 4.7.2 — the internal hardware components of a computer (processor, main memory, buses, I/O controllers), how address/data/control buses communicate, addressable memory, von Neumann vs Harvard architecture, and the stored program concept.

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Lesson outline

  1. Do Now — Retrieval
  2. Quick Check — Bringing Back the Everyday Meaning
  3. Meet the Internal Components
  4. Hinge Check — Which Component?
  5. The Concept of a Bus
  6. The Buses — CPU ↔ Memory
  7. Match Each Bus to Its Role
  8. Addressable Memory — How Wide is Wide Enough?
  9. Practise — Address Bus Width Calculations
  10. Hinge Check — Which Width Matters?
  11. Von Neumann vs Harvard Architecture
  12. Where Is Each Architecture Used?
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