Introduction
Babbage- 1800's invention had input, storage, processing, and output
ENIAC- needed to flip switches and connect wires
Types of Storage-ROM, RAM, Hard Drive, and Floppy
Processors-are made up of many switches
Digital Information
Bits-smallest unit of info (in ASCII: American Standard Code for Information Interchange)
Pixels-480 x 640 lines resolution (much more at present)
Microprocessors
-used in car brakes and in remote controls
-they are programmed when they are manufactured
-its vocabulary is binary code (1&0 s or on/off)
-to be a software engineer you must think logically and breakdown the big ideas into smaller ones
-Fetch: gets the code by retrieving it from memory
Decode: finds out what the code does
Execute: does the math and what the instructions tell it to do
-78 microprocessors in Audi cars by 2005
Creating Chips
-chips are made in totally clean room
-mass-designers translate ideas into physical designs
-clean room is 1000 times cleaner than surgical room
-are assembled by computer controlled robotics
-Assembly Process: 1. deposit layer 2. Photo resist 3.create a mask over the material 4. harden it with a special light 5. the excess material is etched away
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