1. Introduction to Systems Architecture Kieran Mathieson

2. Outline Attributes of a Computer Computer Hardware Functions Types of Software Network Components

3. Attributes of a Computer General purpose processor capable of performing computation, data movement, comparison, and branching functions Instructions and levels of abstraction Increasing abstraction over time Packaging logic Parallelism

4. Attributes of a Computer Storage capacity sufficient to hold large numbers of program instructions and data RAM Disks

5. Attributes of a Computer Communication ability I/O

6. Computer Hardware Functions Processing Storage External communication Internal communication

7. Computer Hardware Functions Primary Storage Secondary Storage I/O Unit CPU System Bus

8. Computer Hardware Functions Control Unit ALU Registers CPU

9. Outline Attributes of a Computer Computer Hardware Functions Types of Software Network Components

10. Types of Software Application System OS File management Network Application development Utility

11. Network Components Connects I/O devices to system MUX Implements client/server model What is a server? What is a client?

12. Outline Attributes of a Computer Computer Hardware Functions Types of Software Network Components