Von Neumann Architecture
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Explore the Von Neumann stored-program model, how instructions and data share the same memory, and trace how registers collaborate during program execution.
16 slides.
Lesson outline
- Before Stored Programs
- Quick Prediction
- The Stored-Program Concept
- Stored-Program Concept Check
- Von Neumann Architecture - The Building Blocks
- Von Neumann Architecture Diagram
- Architecture Features
- The Three Buses
- How the Registers Work Together
- Let's Trace a Program
- Interactive Trace: 20 − 8
- Trace Challenge
Unit bundle1.1 Systems Architecture
