Indore Indira School of Career Studies: Sub: Computer Organisation By: Prof. Marie Fernandes
Indore Indira School of Career Studies: Sub: Computer Organisation By: Prof. Marie Fernandes
CAREER STUDIES
MAIN MEMORY
Main Memory
Main memory
Address space:
the total number
of uniquely
identifiable
locations in
memory
Memory types-- RAM
Nonstorage devices
Keyboard and monitor
Printer
Storage devices
Magnetic ( 磁性的 ) storage devices
Optical ( 光學的 ) storage devices
Physical layout of a magnetic disk
Surface organization of a disk
Intertrack Intersector
gap gap
Magnetic Disk
Surface organization
Tracks and sectors
Data access
Random access, one sector a time
Performance
Rotational speed, seek time, and transfer time
Definitions
Rotational speed
How fast the disk is spinning ( 旋轉 )
Seek time
The time to move the read/write head to the
desired track
Transfer time
The time to move data from the disk to the
CPU/memory
Mechanical configuration of a tape
Surface organization of a tape
Magnetic Tape
Surface organization
Nine tracks (8 bits for information and 1 bit
for error detection)
Data access
Sequential access
Performance
Slower than a magnetic disk
Optical storage devices
Creation
Instead of dye uses an alloy ( 合金 ) of
silver( 銀 ), indium( 銦 ), antimony ( 銻 ), and
tellurium( 碲 ).
Two states
Amorphous ( 非結晶質 ): pit
Crystalline ( 結晶質 ( 可穿透 )): land
Using high-power laser to create
DVD
Data bus:
The number of wires depends on the size of the
word
Address bus:
The number of wires depends on the address
space of memory
Control bus:
The number of wires depends on the total
number of control commands a computer needs
Connecting I/O devices to the buses
Controllers