Student ID:201820060108

Name:江泓昊

Question 1: Write down the differences between vacuum tube &

transistor. Write some examples of semiconductor materials.
Answer 1:
Difference:①、The vacuum tube is an electron tube from which
all or most of the gas has been removed. However, unlike the
vacuum tube, transistor is solid state.Solid state means that it
doesn't change its physical form as it switches. There are no
moving parts in a transistor. ②、Compared to the vacuum tube,
transistors were much smaller, faster and cheaper to
manufacture. They were also far more reliable and used much
less power.
Examples:There are many kinds of semiconductor materials like
silicon, Germanium and Gallium arsenide, gallium phosphide
and so on. But silicon, germanium is the most widely used.

Question 2: What are the different types of memory devices?

Write the differences between RAM & ROM.
Answer2:
RAM,SRAM,DRAM,ROM,EEPROM,LP,MAGNETIC DISKS
MAGNETIC TAPE,CD
Difference: ①、RAM can be read and written at any time and it
is fast.Data can only be written and cannot erased.
②、Data in ram is not permanently written when power off,
data deleted.
③、RAM requires flow of electricity to retain data. ROM does
not requires electricity to retain data.
④、RAM is the memory available for theoperating system
programs and process to use when the computer is running.
Rom is the memory that comes with your computer that is pre-
written to hold the instructions for booting up the computer.

Question 3: Write down the full form:

CAD, EDA, VHDL, PLA, FPGA, MIPS, ALU
Answer 3:
EDA: Electronic Design Automation;
VHDL: VHSIC Hardware Description Language;
PLA: Programmable Logic Array;
FPGA: Field Programmable Gate Array;
MIPS: Million Instructions Per Second;
ALU: Arithmetic and Logic Unit
Question 4: Explain PLA structure with block diagram.
Answer 4: