Group 29
Group 29
Group 29
Bus is used for the communication of the different parts of the computer that
allows the different to transfer data at high speed or increase the speed of the
computer. If the computer design has multiple buses the overall performance the
computer will be improved.
b. List and briefly describe the three main types of buses found in a typical
computer system.
Data bus is the type of buses used to transfer data from one components to
another. A bus with more lines can transfer a large number of data. A bus with 16
lines can transfer 16 bits of data if the bus contain 32 line it transfers 32 bit of
bus.
Address bus is used to carry the address from one component to another. it also
consists of different wires like a data bus. It is used to connect the central
Processing Unit (CPU) and main memory, and main memory like RAM.
Control Bus is the type of bus used to transfer an address from one component
to another. If the CPU wants to read data from the main memory or write data to
the main memory. CPU can send a signal on the control was like a memory read
our memory write If CPU wants to read data from the main memory put the
signal of reading data on the control bus and if the CPU wants to write that on
the main memory signal memory write on the control bus.
a. Describe how the clock speed of a bus impacts the overall performance
of a computer system.
A higher clock speed means that the CPU can execute more instruction
Per second, and can perform tasks faster. However , other such as the number of
CPU cores ,size of CPU cache, and efficiency of the instruction set .
b. Compare and contrast the features and capabilities of ISA and PCI bus architectures?
Industry Standard Architecture it allows for expansion cards, video cards, network
cards and extra serial port cards.
Peripheral Component Interconnect for modems, network hardware, sound, video cards
graphic cards, Ethernet or wireless cards, with solid state drives faster than SATA SSD
speeds, and anything else to be added to a computer. It allows a faster build for
computers. Speed doesn’t need mentioning as this one is speedy.
c. Discuss the reasons for phasing out legacy expansion buses like ISA in favor of newer
standards.
PCI bus supports the functions found on a processor bus but in a standardized format
that is independent of any given processor's native bus. Devices connected to the PCI
bus appear to a bus master to be connected directly to its own bus and are assigned
addresses in the
d. Discuss common troubleshooting issues that can arise when installing and configuring
Backplane jumpers misconfigured or switches or jumpers on the SNC are set incorrectly.
Correct the jumper or switch problem and reboot.