Week 2 Outline
- Download VMware Virtualization software
- Install Windows Operating systems
- Chapter 4
- Describe CPU instruction and execution cycles
- Explain how primitive CPU instructions are combined to form complex processing operations
- Describe key CPU design features, including instruction format, word size, and clock rate
- Describe the function of general-purpose and special-purpose registers
- Describe the principles and limitations of semiconductor-based microprocessors
- Chapter 6
- Describe the system and subsidiary buses and bus protocols
- Describe how the CPU and bus interact with peripheral devices
- Describe the purpose and function of device controllers
- Describe how interrupt processing coordinates the CPU with secondary storage and I/O devices
- Describe how buffers and caches improve computer system performance
- Compare parallel processing architectures
- Describe compression technology and its performance implications
- Navigating the Operating System
- Important Management Tools
Reading Materials
- Presentation: Module 2
CPU Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNN_tTXABUA
Pipeline: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doJpguZFTe0
Clock rate and Processor Performance :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyXAjSTwEQM
System Bus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvEikwvyN8k
- Burd Chapters 4 & 6
Week 2 Activity
- Installing Virtual Machines:
- Linux : Create a Linux Virtual Machine – VMware
- Windows 10, Server 2012 and Server 2016
- Introduction to Command Line and Shell Prompt
- Access the command line and shell prompt
Supplemental Materials
VMware Workstations Player Download Link: https://www.vmware.com/products/workstation-player/workstation-player-evaluation.html
Installing Server 2016 on Vmware Workstation:https://www.google.com/search?q=installing+server+2016+on+vmware&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS786US786&oq=Installing+Sever+2016+&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j0l5.11869j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#kpvalbx=1