GC

SE Computer Science (9-1)

1. Unit 1.1
James has just bought a CPU with a 2.5 GHz quad-core processor. Systems
It uses Architecture
Von Neumann Architecture.

a) Tick one box in each row to show whether the part of the CPU is classified as a register or a CPU
component.

Part of the CPU CPU Register

component
Accumulator tick
Arithmetic Logic Unit tick
Cache tick
Control Unit tick
Memory Address Register tick
Memory Data Register tick
Program Counter tick
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b) Use a tick to match the register with the correct description.

Memory Memory Program

Address Data Counter
Registe Registe
r r
Stores the location of the next tick
address to be fetched.
Stores the next instruction to be tick
used.
Copies data to and from the main tick
memory.

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c) Name and describe the one register that is not mentioned above.
The CIR (current instruction register), it holds the instruction which is being decoded or executed.

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SE Computer Science (9-1)
2. Unit
The CPU contains three components: Arithmetic Logic Unit, 1.1UnitSystems
Control Architecture
and the Cache.

a) Describe the role of the Arithmetic Logic Unit.

The ALU is a CPU component which carries out arithmetic and logic. It is also a gateway between

primary memory and secondary storage, through which data transferred between them passes. [3]