AS/A Computer Science: Computer Organisation and Architecture Home

This section does not repeat the content from GCSE but you are also required to know the following in this unit: Secondary storage - the need for it, how magnetic, optical and solid state storage works and comparisons of the qualities of each to suggest their suitability for different applications.

This content can be found in the GCSE course if you need to look at it.

Topics

Buses
Computer architectures
Components of the processor
The processor instruction set
Assembly language
Factors affecting CPU performance
Interrupts
Input and output devices
Computer organisation and architecture test

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