This lesson is about the Von Neumann Architecture and has been specially created for the OCR GCSE Computer Science (J277) course, meaning there is no irrelevant content from other exam boards. This resource consists of a PowerPoint presentation, a worksheet with an answer sheet, custom exam-styled questions with a mark scheme, and a full lesson plan. See the video and the preview image to see what is included!
Feedback has been considered when creating and updating this resource to ensure it is appealing, engaging, and challenging. This resource will be updated to ensure it is (one of) the best!
Please note that the knowledge of passing of data between registers during the FDE cycle is not required, however, I have found students generally understand the content far better if an animation of this process is shown. You can choose whether to keep or remove this animation in the presentation.
Duration: 2-3 Lessons
This resource is designed to cover:
Common CPU components and their function: ALU, CU, cache, registers.
Von Neumann architecture.
Fetch-Decode-Execute cycle involving registers.
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I hope you like this resource, other complete lessons in unit 1.1:
Purpose of the CPU (Free)
Von Neumann Architecture (Current)
CPU Performance
Embedded Systems (Free)
This lesson is about the Factors which affect the Performance of CPUs/processors and has been specially created for the OCR GCSE Computer Science (J277) course, meaning there is no irrelevant content from other exam boards. This resource consists of a PowerPoint presentation, a worksheet with an answer sheet, custom exam-styled questions with a mark scheme, and a full lesson plan. See the video and the preview image to see what is included!
Feedback has been considered when creating and updating this resource to ensure it is appealing, engaging, and challenging. This resource will be updated to ensure it is (one of) the best!
Duration: 1 Lesson
This resource is designed to cover:
Characteristics which affects the performance of the processor: clock speed, cache memory capacity, number of cores.
Effect on performance if changing one, or a combination, of the above characteristics.
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Have any questions? Feel free to contact me. Other complete lessons in Unit 1.1:
Purpose of the CPU (Free)
Von Neumann Architecture
CPU Performance (Current)
Embedded Systems (Free)
This lesson is about Embedded Systems and General-Purpose Computers and has been specially created for the OCR GCSE Computer Science (J277) course, meaning there is no irrelevant content from other exam boards. This resource consists of a PowerPoint presentation, a worksheet with an answer sheet, custom exam-styled questions with a mark scheme, and a full lesson plan. See the video and the preview image to see what is included!
Feedback has been considered when creating and updating this resource to ensure it is appealing, engaging, and challenging. This resource will be updated to ensure it is (one of) the best!
Duration: 1 Lesson
This resource is designed to cover:
Purpose and Characteristics of Embedded Systems
Differences when compared with General-Purpose Computers.
Wide range of Examples.
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Other complete lessons in Unit 1.1:
Purpose of the CPU (Free)
Von Neumann Architecture
CPU Performance
Embedded Systems (Current - Free)
This lesson is about the Purpose of the CPU, or processor, inside the computer and has been specially created for the OCR GCSE Computer Science (J277) course, meaning there is no irrelevant content from other exam boards. This resource consists of a PowerPoint presentation, a worksheet with an answer sheet, custom exam-styled questions with a mark scheme, and a full lesson plan. See the video and the preview image to see what is included!
Feedback has been considered when creating and updating this resource to ensure it is appealing, engaging, and challenging. This resource will be updated to ensure it is (one of) the best!
Duration: 1 Lesson
This lesson teaches students about:
Input and Output Devices
Hardware and Software
Purpose of the CPU
Fetch-Decode-Execute Cycle (This is briefly covered and sets the foundations to a complex content, it will be fully covered in the Von Neumann architecture lesson).
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I hope you enjoy using this lesson as much as I enjoyed making it. Other complete lessons in Unit 1.1:
Purpose of the CPU (Current - Free)
Von Neumann Architecture
CPU Performance
Embedded Systems (Free)