NAMA : DENNIS MOCHAREZA NIM : 10200078
KELAS : 10.2C.01 BAHASA INGGIRS
Meeting 2
INSIDE OF A COMPUTER
1. CPU
Alternately referred to as a processor, central processor, or microprocessor is the
Central Processing Unit of the computer. A computer’s CPU handles all instructions it
receives from hardwarare and software running on the computer. The CPU was first
developed at intel with the help to ted hoff and others in the early 1970’s.
Components of the CPU
a. Arithmetic-Logic Unit (ALU)
An arithmetic-logic unit(ALU) is the part of a computer processor (CPU) that carries out
arithmetic and logic operations on the operands in computer instruction words. In some
processors, the ALU is divided into two units, an arithmetic unit (AU) and a logic unit
(LU).
b. Control Unit (CU)
A control unit or CU is circuitry that directs operations within a computer’s processor. It
lets the computer’s logic unit,memory, as well as both input and output devices know
how to respond to instruction received from a program.
2. GPU
Short for Graphics Processing Unit, GPU is an electronic circuit used to speed up the
creation of both 2D and 3D images. GPU can either be integrated, meaning they are
built into the computer’s CPU or motherboard, or they can be dedicated, meaning they
are a separate piece of hardware known as a video card.
3. Memory
RAM (random acces memory) is the place in a computer where the operating system,
application programs, and data in current use are kept so that they can be quickly
reached by the computer’s processor. RAM is much faster to read from and write to
than the other kinds of storage in a computer, the hard disk, floppy disk, and CD-ROOM.
ROM (read-only memory) pronounced rahm, acronym for read-only memory, computer
memory on which data has been prerecorded. Once data has been written onto a ROM
chip, it cannot be removed and can only be read.
4. Input Device
An input device is any hardware device that sends data to a computer, allowing you to
interact with and control the computer. The picture shows a Logitech trackball mouse,
an example of an input device. The most commonly used input devices on a computer
are the keyboard and mouse.
5. Output Device
An output device is any peripheral that receives data from a computer, usually for
display, projection, or physical reproduction. For example, the image shows an inkjet
printer, and output device that can make a hard copy of any information shown on your
monitor.
6. Storage
A hard disk is really a set of stacked “disks,” each of which, like phonograph records, has
data recorded electromagnetically in concentric circles or “tracks” on the disk. A “head”
records (writes) or reads the information on the tracks. Two heads, one on each side of
disk, read or write the data as the disk spins. Each read or write operation requires that
data be located, which is an operation called a “seek”.
