Integrated Circuits & Moore's Law: Crash Course Computer Science #17

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Subject Area

Digital Literacy and Computer Science

Grade(s)

9, 10, 11, 12

Overview

So you may have heard of Moore's Law and while it isn't truly a law it has pretty closely estimated a trend we've seen in the advancement of computing technologies. Moore's Law states that we'll see approximately a 2x increase in transistors in the same space every two years, and while this may not be true for much longer, it has dictated the advancements we've seen since the introduction of transistors in the mid-1950s. So today we're going to talk about those improvements in hardware that made this possible - starting with the third generation of computing and integrated circuits (or ICs) and printed circuit boards (or PCBs). But as these technologies advanced a newer manufacturing process would bring us to the nanoscale manufacturing we have today - photolithography.

Digital Literacy and Computer Science (2018) Grade(s): 09-12

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Categorize the roles of operating system software.

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Vocabulary

  • operating system software
  • interface
  • I/O (input/output)
  • memory
  • data storage

Knowledge

Students know:
  • the responsibilities of operating system software.
  • that operating system software provides an interface between the user and applications and I/O devices.
  • that operating system software is specific to the purpose of the software.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • explain the purpose of operating system software.
  • list the responsibilities of operating system software.
  • identify types of operating system software.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • operating system software provides an interface between the user and hardware and programs/applications.
  • operating system software is the most fundamental of all system software programs.

CR Resource Type

Audio/Video

Resource Provider

PBS

Accessibility

Video resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles
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