Flores, Allen B.

CpE 4-1

Midterm Quiz No 1.
Computer Architecture

1. Draw the block diagram/general structure of IAS computer. (20 points)

2. Explain the function of each block of IAS Computer. (20 points)

Memory- Storage of information (data/program)

Processing Unit- Computation/Processing of Information
Input- Means of getting information into the computer.
Output- Means of getting information out of the computer
Control Unit- Makes sure that all the other parts perform their tasks
correctly and at the correct time

3. Explain the stored program concept. (20 points)

Storage of instructions in computer memory to enable it to perform a

variety of tasks in sequence or intermittently. In stored program concept, a
program can be electronically stored in binary-number format in a memory device
so that instructions could be modified by the computer as determined by
intermediate computational results.

4. Explain the Von Neumann architecture (20 points)

The von Neumann architecture consists of three major subsystems:

instruction processing, arithmetic unit, and memory. A key feature of this
architecture is that instructions and data share the same address space. Thus there
is one source of addresses, the instruction processing unit, to the memory. The
 output of the memory is routed to either the Instruction Processing Unit or the
Arithmetic Unit depending upon whether an instruction or a datum is being
fetched. A corollary to the key feature is that instructions can be processed as data.
As will be discussed in later chapters, processing instructions as data can be
viewed as either a blessing or a curse.

5. Enumerate the components of FPGA controller. (20 points)

FPJA UART FPGA VGA

Step Motor LINE IN
7-segment LINE OUT
Text LCD SPEAKER
DC Jack DOT MATRIX
POWER D/A Output
FPGA JTAG A/D Input
Byte Blaster CIS2M/DMB
ARM JTAG USER CLOCK
ARM USB Host 4.3 TFT LCD REV2.0
ARM USB AMBA
FPGA UART ARM 926
ARM UART1/UART2 Serial Port
ARM Ethernet Altera
FPGA USB1/F FPGA LED
FPGA PS2 OSCILLATOR

Rubric for Essay Type Questions

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Adequate Quality Exemplary
Answer Improvement
6 pts 8 pts 10 pts
0 pts 4 pts

Content No Answer Needs Adequate Quality Exemplary

10 pts Improvement
Did not Answers are not Answers are Answers are
answer Answers are comprehensive accurate and comprehensive,
question. partial or or completely complete. Key accurate and
incomplete. Key stated. Key points are complete. Key
points are not points are stated and ideas are clearly
clear. Question addressed, but supported. stated,
not adequately not well explained, and
answered. supported. well supported.

Organization No Answer Needs Adequate Quality Exemplary

10 Improvement
pts (Answers Did not Inadequate Organization is Well organized,
are clearly answer Organization and organization or mostly clear coherently
thought out question. structure detract development. and easy to developed, and
and from the Structure of the follow. easy to follow.
articulated.) answer. answer is not
easy to follow.

Writing No Answer Needs Adequate Quality Exemplary

Conventions Improvement
10 Did not Displays three to Displays one to Displays no
pts (Spelling, answer Displays over five errors in three errors in errors in spelling,
punctuation, question. five errors in spelling, spelling, punctuation,
grammar, and spelling, punctuation, punctuation, grammar, and
complete punctuation, grammar, and grammar, and sentence
sentences.) grammar, and sentence sentence structure.
sentence structure. structure.
structure.