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A-Level Computer Science · Syllabus 4.1

Central processing unit (CPU) architecture

Coursebook chapter 4: Processor fundamentals

InteractiveVon Neumann Model, Registers and Buses4.1.1 The Von Neumann model, the stored program concept, registers and the three buses, labs and the real Paper 1 questions.Open →
InteractiveCPU Performance and Ports4.1.2 Clock speed, cores, cache, RAM and bus width, and the USB, HDMI and VGA ports, labs and the real Paper 1 questions.Open →
InteractiveThe Fetch-Execute Cycle and Interrupts4.1.3 Register transfer notation, a fetch-execute simulator and interrupt handling, labs and the real Paper 1 questions.Open →