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Module 3 Architecture
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- Von Neumann architecture
- Registers - purpose and use
- Fetch-execute cycle
- Other machine architectures
Candidates should be able to:
- describe classic Von Neumann architecture, identifying the need for, and the uses of, special registers in the functioning of a processor;
- describe, in simple terms, the fetch/decode/execute cycle, and the effects of the stages of the cycle on specific registers;
- discuss co-processor, parallel processor and array processor systems, their uses, advantages and disadvantages;
- describe and distinguish between Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) and Complex Instruction Set Computer (CISC) architectures.
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