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May 11, 2025
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2020-2021 Catalog [PREVIOUS CATALOG YEAR]
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CSA 170 - PC Architecture
Description: Introduction to hardware components of a microcomputer. Emphasis on equipment comparisons, hardware requirements, and operating systems.
Credits: 3
Lecture: 2
Lab: 3
Course Content:
- Microcomputer bus design
- A history of CPU development
- Input-output ports
- Memory
- Operating systems
- Hard disk capacity requirements
- Special multimedia hardware requirements
- Networking requirements of the PC
- Requirements studies
- Cost effectiveness analysis
Learning Outcomes:
- Describe the different types of bus design.
- Identify the types of memory chips.
- Describe the organization and structure of the operating system.
- Describe the minimum hardware requirements for an operating system.
- Select an optimal multimedia system.
- Evaluate the hardware requirements for networking a PC.
- Perform a requirements study and select a cost effective computer system.
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