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3.1Unit of Memory
3.2Memory System
3.3Buses
3.4Expansion Standard: Slots, Buses and Ports
3.5DMA and Interrupts
Computer and Information
Technology for (HKCEE)
Module B: Part B
2. OS transfers
data from disk
to RAM when
RAM
needed.
(physical memory)
3.3 Buses
Bus transfers bits from places to places.
CPU
bus
memory chips
3.3 Buses
Internal bus (system bus)
connect CPU, system memory and all other
components on the motherboard
External bus (expansion bus)
connect to external devices and peripherals to the
computer
allow for expansion of the computer capability
3.3 Buses
Components of internal bus
Control bus
carry timing signals and control signals to other parts on
the motherboard
Address bus
carry information on memory addressing
Data bus
transmit the actual data between the system components
3.3 Buses
Bus width
determine the number of bits that computer can
transmit at one time
PCI bus
local bus published by Intel for the use with
Pentium series CPU
working frequency: 33 MHz
PCI cards: sound card, display card, video capture
card, network interface card
3.3 Buses
AGP bus
employ point-to-point connection for the main
memory and display interface card
higher transmission rate than PCI interface
not necessary to pass through CPU when
transmitting data
working frequency: 66 MHz
new AGP standard: up to 266 MHz
3.3 Buses
3.3 Buses
USB bus
enhance the communication between computer
devices
transmission rate of USB 1.0: 12 Mbps
transmission rate of USB 2.0: 480 Mbps
provide electrical power to the peripheral
support plug-and-play and hot plug feature
3.3 Buses
IEEE 1394 bus
high-speed peripheral device standard defined by
IEEE
use bus concept to connect peripheral devices and
computer system
support plug-and-play feature
common
ports
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