Answer to Question #146728 in Assembler for Promise Omiponle

Question

Each part of this problem addresses an aspect of computer organization.
a. List the components that are part of the CPU.
b. List the components that are part of the system bus.
c. Reorder the list of data storage elements below according to computer system
memory hierarchy, from closest to the CPU to farthest from the CPU.
hard disk, level 1 cache, DVD ROM, level 2 cache, registers, level 3 cache, and
main memory

Answer 1

List the components that are part of the CPU:

• control unit (CU)
• arithmetic logic unit (ALU)
• registers
• cache

List the components that are part of the system bus:

• address bus,
• data bus,
• control bus.

The list of data storage elements according to computer system memory hierarchy, from closest to the CPU to farthest from the CPU:

• registers,
• level 1 cache,
• level 2 cache,
• level 3 cache
• main memory
• hard disk,
• DVD ROM