A-Level Computer Science · Syllabus 15.1
Processors, parallel processing and virtual machines
Coursebook chapter 15: Hardware
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InteractiveRISC, CISC, Pipelining and Interrupts15.1.1 RISC and CISC compared, five-stage pipelining with pipeline tables, interrupt handling and its effect on a pipeline, a pipeline calculator and the real Paper 3 questions.Open →
InteractiveComputer Architectures: SISD, SIMD, MISD, MIMD15.1.2 The four categories of computer architecture and massively parallel computers, a speed-up lab and the real Paper 3 questions.Open →
InteractiveVirtual Machines15.1.3 Host and guest systems, the hypervisor, benefits and limitations of virtual machines, a resource-sharing lab and the real Paper 3 questions.Open →
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