Computing Components: Processors, Memory, The Cloud and More
Computing Components: Processors, Memory, The Cloud and More
Computing Components: Processors, Memory, The Cloud and More
COMPUTING COMPONENTS :
PROCESSORS, MEMORY, THE CLOUD AND MORE
Data being
The operating
processed and the
system and other Applications
resulting
programs
information
Memory
• Each location in memory has an address
• Memory size commonly is measured in gigabytes
(GB) or terabytes (TB)
Memory
• The system unit contains two types of memory:
• Firmware
Memory
• Flash memory can be erased electronically and
rewritten
• Some RAM chips, flash memory chips, and other
memory chips use CMOS (complementary metal-
oxide semiconductor) technology because it
provides high speeds and consumes little power
Memory
• Access time is the amount of time it takes the
processor to read from memory
• Measured in nanoseconds
Adapters
• An adapter card
enhances functions of a
component of a desktop
or server system unit
and/or provides
connections to
peripherals
• Sound card and graphics
card
• An expansion slot is a
socket on a desktop or
server motherboard that
can hold an adapter card
Adapters
• With Plug and Play, the computer automatically
can recognize peripheral devices as you install them
Adapters
• Adapters for mobile computers are in the form of a
removable flash memory device
• USB adapter
Buses
• A computer processes and stores
data as a series of electronic bits.
These bits transfer internally
within the circuitry of the
computer along electrical
channels.
• Each channel, called a bus allows
the various devices both inside
and attached to the system unit
to communicate with each other
• Data bus
• Address bus
• Word size is the number of bits
the processor can interpret and
execute at a given time
Buses
• Types of buses:
• A system bus, also called the front side bus (FSB), is part
of the motherboard and connects the processor to main
memory. size
• A backside bus (BSB) connects the processor to cache.
• An expansion bus allows the processor to communicate
with peripheral devices.
Power Supply and Battery
• The power supply or
laptop AC adapter converts
the wall outlet AC power
into DC power
Power Supply and Battery
• Mobile computers and devices can run using either
a power supply or batteries
• Batteries typically are rechargeable lithium-ion
batteries
Summary
Types of processors,
Various components Advantages and
steps in a machine
inside computers and services of cloud
cycle, and processor
mobile devices computing
cooling methods