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SAT1610 Weekly Outline - from Fall 2006
(23 class days)
Week 1: Fundamentals of Computer Design and Organization
Monday:
Basic
class business – syllabi, outlines, rules, etc.
Basic
architectural concepts
Wednesday:
PC/Workstation
elements
Chassis, motherboard, CPU, memory, storage, input/output devices, etc.
Week 2:
Monday: Labor Day – No Class
Wednesday:
Fundamemtals
of CPU’s
Processor speeds/limitations, ALU, concept of the Stack and registers, internal
cache, internal buses, etc.
Overview
of current CPU’s
x86, Intel Pentium, IBM PowerPC, Sun Sparc, AMD Athlon/Duron, etc.
Week 3:
Monday:
Motherboards
History and overview of different architecture, buses and bus types, onboard
controllers, Introduction to BIOS. Etc.
Wednesday:
Motherboards,
chipsets, BIOS, CMOS
Week 4:
Monday:
Survey
of available motherboards, capabilities, uses, etc.
Wednesday:
Concepts
of memory, memory types, speeds, packages
Week 5:
Monday:
Memory
maps, address space and addressing.
Wednesday: Chapter 9, 10 and 14
Introduction to Magnetic Storage principles, hard drive operation, construction
and types. Format, sector, tracks cylinders.
Week 6:
Monday: chapter 11 and 12
Storage
continued, removable drives, floppy, zip, tapes, etc.
Wednesday: Chapter 13
Optical
storage
Week 7:
Monday:Chapters 7 and 8
Drive
interfaces, IDE/ATA/SATA, SCSI, USB, etc.
Wednesday: Chapter 15
Video Hardware, monitors, adapters, ISA, PCI, AGP, resolution, pixels, etc.
Week 8:
Monday: Chapter 16
Audio
hardware, standards, adapters
Wednesday:
Week 9:
Monday: Chapter 17
I/O
ports; Serial, parallel, USB, IEEE1394(firewire), etc.
Wednesday: Chapter 18, 19
I/O
devices, keyboards, mice, joysticks, trackpads, etc.
Week 10:
Monday: Chapter 19
Networking devices, Ethernet, cable modem, DSL, ISDN, analog modem, etc.
Wednesday: Chapter 21
Chassis and power supply, voltages, form factors, power management, cmos,
nvram batteris, etc.
Week 11:
Monday:
Operating
System basic principles
Wednesday:
Week 12:
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Wednesday:
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Week 14:
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