Hardware

Full notes coming soon — here's what the syllabus covers for now:

• Mobile technologies
• Examples: Smart phones, laptops, tablets, netbooks, e-book readers
• Advantages of mobility
• Constraints
• Battery life
• Size
• Computing power vs power consumption
• Overview of factors influencing performance of a computer
• CPU (speed and multi processing)
• Memory capacity (cache and RAM)
• Storage speed
• Network speed
• Motivate a typical computer system in respect of the hardware needed for a specific purpose
• Computer system for home/personal use, game and entertainment, SOHO (Small-Office-Home-Office) user, power user