(计算机专业英语)unit 2_Hardware 2.ppt

Unit Two Hardware (2) contents 1. Review Vocabulary Test 2. Leading-in 3. Brighten Your Eyes—Words Passage 4. Exercises 5. Talk Table 6. Homework 1. Review Vocabulary Test QA a.What is the hardware in a computer system? Can you actually touch it? b. What do RAM and ROM stand for? 2. Leading-in a.What do you think is the important to a computer? b.Can you give a brief introduction of CPU? One MHz equals one million instruction cycles per second. Current-generation CPUs are incredibly fast. If a CPU operates at or above 350MHz, most PC users do not appreciate much of a difference if additional speed is added. Sure, the difference is there, but it is subtle, not obvious. Most modern CPUs are?microprocessors, meaning they are contained on a single?integrated circuit?(IC) chip. An IC that contains a CPU may also contain memory,?peripheral?interfaces, and other components of a computer; such integrated devices are variously called microcontrollers?or?systems on a chip?(SoC). Some computers employ a?multi-core processor, which is a single chip containing two or more CPUs called “cores”; in that context, single chips are sometimes referred to as “sockets”. Array processors or?vector processors?have multiple processors that operate in parallel, with no unit considered central. 4. Exercises Find Information Task I. 1.What determines the performance of a computer in the non-networked situation? 2.What does a CUP do? 3.What is used to measure the CUP performance? 4.What does “microprocessor” mean? 5.Except CPU, what else may an IC contain? The CPU, RAM and the computer monitor. It controls information and tells other parts what to do. Megahertz. It means they are contained on a single?integrated circuit?(IC) chip. It may contain memory,?peripheral?interfaces, and other components