SCL GROUP PRESENTATION SSK 3207 COMPUTER ORGANIZATION AND ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE

Lecture Topic : Computer Memory System Sub-Topic : Internal Memory

Lecturer : DR. SHARIFAH BINTI MD YASIN

GROUP 1
SEOW TZE PIN LAI JEN YANG IVAN BOOI CHUNG REN LOO JIAN HAO SIA CHIN SHIN

COMPUTER INTERNAL MEMORY

is the data that stored by system at computer startup

use to run various types of programs

directly accessible to CPU

can access information faster by CPU compared to external memory

TYPES OF INTERNAL MEMORY

1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6)

Processor Cache Random Access Memory (RAM) Read Only Memory (ROM) Video RAM (VRAM / Graphic Card) Virtual Memory Boot Memory

1) Processor Cache
is the memory that used by computer processor to controls the access of data from Random Access Memory (RAM) is use to increase the performance of computer is the intermediate stage between ultra fast register and the slow main memory

consists of L1 cache and L2 cache

L1

cache

holds data that is needed to execute instruction by computer processor smallest and fastest

 L2

cache

pull information from systems memory so that can be accessed by L1 cache

bigger and slower

2) Random Access Memory (RAM)

small in size, light in weight, but costly can be read and written (modified) is a type of volatile memory, it loses its content when electricity supply wiped out

Example:
Operating system uses RAM to store

running program so that system doesnt

need to access hard drive oftenly

3) Read Only Memory (ROM)

can only be read, cannot be written

Is a type of non-volatile memory that is

used to bootstrap computer when turn on

the computer

4) Video RAM (VRAM)

contained on graphics card or shared on RAM

Used to store information that sent to a display device

Eg : Moniter store graphics data instead of using system memory when games

5) Virtual Memory
much slower compared than physical memory is a place to store data program when physical memory is full can be determined by system automatically or manually set by user

6) Boot Memory
as known as flash memory Is a small amount of memory to store BIOS ( Basic Input / Output System)