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Hardware

Hardware. CPU RAM IO USB SSD GPU DIM MHZ GHZ. http://www.flickr.com/photos/hape_gera/. Computing Systems. A computing system is composed of hardware: the physical components of the system software: the “instructions” that control the hardware Hardware components include: Motherboard

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Hardware

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  1. Hardware CPU RAM IO USB SSD GPU DIM MHZ GHZ http://www.flickr.com/photos/hape_gera/

  2. Computing Systems • A computing system is composed of • hardware: the physical components of the system • software: the “instructions” that control the hardware • Hardware components include: • Motherboard • Central processing unit (CPU) • Memory (RAM / Drives) • IO Devices • Video Card • Sound Card • Network Card • Light cycles • Are not part of a computing system.

  3. Sound Memory Video Network KeyboardMouse Computing System CPU

  4. Slots for cards Slot for RAM Slot for CPU Hardware: Motherboard http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:ASRock_K7VT4A_Pro_Mainboard.jpg

  5. Hardware: CPU • Central Processing Unit • The ‘brains’ of the system • An electronic chip that performs instructions • A CPU can only do a few simple things: • Can add/subtract/multiply/divide two numbers • Can compare two numbers to see if one is smaller/larger • Can copy/move data from one place to another • CPU’s appear more powerful than this since these tasks are done very quickly http://www.flickr.com/photos/superdeathsquid/490987592/sizes/z/in/photostream/

  6. Hardware: CPU • AMD quad-core Opteron • Actual size is about the size of your thumb

  7. Hardware: CPU

  8. http://biorobots.cwru.edu/server/howto/buildcomp/mountcpu/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ehecatzin/71173187/in/photostream#preview Hardware: CPU

  9. http://biorobots.cwru.edu/server/howto/buildcomp/mountcpu/ Hardware: CPU

  10. Hardware: Storage • All information needed for computing must be “storable” • The instructions that a CPU must perform • The data that the CPU requires as input • The data that the CPU generates as output • Computer storage (or memory) is used to “remember” these things

  11. bit byte Hardware: Storage • All data is stored in binary form • The smallest binary datum is a bit (off / on) • Eight bits is a byte • Storage capacity is usually specified as the number of bytes the device can remember.

  12. Binary Things • Denote an ‘on’ switch as ‘1’ • Denote an ‘off’ switch as ‘0’ • How many different patterns can you have with 2 bits? • How many different patterns can you have with 3 bits? • How many different patterns can you have with 8 bits? • How many different patterns can you have with N bits? • What does each pattern mean? • Could mean colors • Could mean people • Could mean numbers • Could mean characters

  13. http://news.com.com/Big+storage+on+the+cheap/2100-1015_3-5808754.htmlhttp://news.com.com/Big+storage+on+the+cheap/2100-1015_3-5808754.html

  14. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:RAM_n.jpg Hardware: RAM • RAM (Random Access Memory) • PCs typically range between 4 to 64 Gigabytes of RAM

  15. Hardware: Disk Drive Data is stored by magnetically charging “bits” on a rotating disk. The “bits” are read/written by a sensor Access is slow since the head (the sensor) must be mechanically moved to the location of the bit on the disk PC typically comes with about a 250 GigaByte disk http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpstanley/74574509/in/photostream/

  16. Hardware: Flash Drive • Data is stored by charging small-scale “batteries” on the device. • Most flash drives have a capacity of 256 Megabytes up to 2 Gigabytes.

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