COMPUTER

ARCHITECTURE
Von Neumann architecture: this concept holds programs
and data in memory. Data moves between the memory unit
and the processor.

Bus: buses move data around the computer and also send
out control signals to synchronise the internal operations.
there are three different bus:

Address bus carries signals relating to addresses between

the processor and memory; it is uni-
directional

Data bus sends data between the processor, memory

unit and the input/output devices; it is bi-
directional

Control bus carries signals relating to control and

coordination of all activities within the
computer; it can be both uni-directional and
bi-directional
 THE VON-NEUMANN
ARCHITECTURE
A detailed diagram of the Von-
Neumann architecture

MEMORY UNIT
MAR MDR

OUTPUT DEVICES
PROCESSOR
INTPUT DEVICES
ALU

PC CONTROL UNIT CIR

Key:
Data
Control