AQA A level (7516-7517) SLR 17 – Internal Computer Architecture – FREE SAMPLE UNIT

It includes:

• Student Learning Record (A3 version in word)
• Student Learning Record (PDF version)
• Student Learning Record (PowerPoint version)
• Set of student activities and workshops
  The answers have been removed from this download
• Teacher Marking Checklist
• Year 13 Recap Lesson

This topic covers:

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• 3.7.1.1 Internal hardware components of a computer
• 3.7.2.1 The meaning of the stored program concept
• 3.7.3.1 The processor and its components
• 3.7.3.2 The Fetch-Execute cycle and the role of registers within it
• 3.7.3.3 The processor instruction set
• 3.7.3.4 Addressing modes
• 3.7.3.5 Machine-code/assembly language operations
• 3.7.3.6 Factors affecting processor performance

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• 4.7.1.1 Internal hardware components of a computer
• 4.7.2.1 The meaning of the stored program concept
• 4.7.3.1 The processor and its components
• 4.7.3.2 The Fetch-Execute cycle and the role of registers within it
• 4.7.3.3 The processor instruction set
• 4.7.3.4 Addressing modes
• 4.7.3.5 Machine-code/assembly language operations
• 4.7.3.6 Interrupts
• 4.7.3.7 Factors affecting processor performance