Computer Hardware and Peripherals

Course title: Computer Hardware and Peripherals

Code: 3ФЕИТ07З012

Number of credits (ECTS): 3

Weekly number of classes: 1+0+2+0

Prerequisite for enrollment of the subject: None

Course Goals (acquired competencies): Parts of a computer system - concepts. Components, standards and technologies for motherboards, processors, I/O devices, buses. After finishing this course the students will be able to work with computer components and will have the knowledge of the current technologies to develop computer components.

Total available number of classes: 90

Course Syllabus: Introduction to computer systems structure. Components of computer systems. Motherboards and components. Design of motherboards. Chipsets. Motherboard buses. System buses. Expansion buses. PCI. PCI Express. PC Card-PCMCIA. USB. FireWire. Processors. Processor components. Advanced processor technologies. Processor speed. Processor packages. BIOS. Types. Memory. Memory hierarchy. RAM memory. Organisation of RAM memory system and modules. SDRAM. DDR SDRAM and versions. RAM modules packages. Mediums for storing large amount of data: magnetic discs, flash memory and disks, SSD disks, optical mediums, magnetic tape. Interfaces of storage mediums. IDE. SATA. SCSI, SAS. Interfaces for connecting external devices and networks. Serial and parallel ports.USB. FireWire. Bluetooth. Ethernet. Video subsystem. Graphical cards. Graphical processors. Monitors and displays. Types of displays. Connection systems: S-Video, VGA, HDMI.

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