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A1 - Hardware Slide Show

Before You Start

Please run the update file you downloaded to your Google Drive folder near the start of the course. It will create a Unit 2 folder for you, which this assignment will go into.

Part 1 - Non-Memory Devices

For this assignment, refer to this slide presentation, which we will be going through in class.

Your Task

Create a new Google Slides presentation in your Unit 2 folder (make sure you've run the update first, which will automatically get you this folder). You can call it something like "Computer Hardware". Create six slides, titled as follows:

  • Slide 1 - Title page. You can call it "Computer Hardware"
  • Slide 2 - Motherboard
  • Slide 3 - CPU
  • Slide 4 - GPU
  • Slide 5 - Buses
  • Slide 6 - Power Supply

On slides 2-6, you should paste in a picture of the component that is different than the picture I used in my presentation. Then, you need to paste each of the facts below onto the appropriate slide. The facts are listed below in a random order.

Connects all other computer components together

Generally contains hundreds or thousands of cores

Speed is measured in Gigahertz (GHz)

Responsible for rendering graphics

Responsible for transferring data between components

Generally contains 2-16 cores

Responsible for powering individual components in the computer

Responsible for executing program instructions

Is part of the motherboard (instead of being connected to it)

Part 2 - Memory Devices

For this assignment, refer to this slide presentation, which we will be going through in class.

Your Task

Continue your slide presentation from Part 1, by adding slides with the following headings:

  • Slide 7 - Cache
  • Slide 8 - RAM
  • Slide 9 - SSD
  • Slide 10 - Hard Drive

On slides 7-10, you should paste in a picture of the component. Then, you need to paste each of the facts below onto the appropriate slide. The facts are listed below in a random order.

Contains moving parts.

Most computers have a few megabytes.

Can be written to only a limited number of times before it wears out.

Most computers have a few gigabytes.

Most store a few hundred gigabytes, but sometimes up to a terabyte or more.

Resides on the CPU.

Volatile memory that resides on a chip separate from the CPU.

Most of these store several terabytes.

Uses flash memory.