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Cambridge AS & A Level Computer Science

15Hardware and virtual machines

Hardware and virtual machines in Cambridge AS & A Level Computer Science: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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  • Parallel processing and computer architectures

    40 min

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  • RISC and CISC processors and pipelining

    45 min

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  • Virtual machines

    35 min

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  • Boolean algebra and De Morgan's laws

    55 min

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  • Half adders, full adders and flip-flops

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  • Karnaugh maps

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Which is an example of a MIMD computer?

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