Introduction– The Concept of Buses in Computer

Hello Friends, Today we are going to introduce the concept of buses which form the basis of internal connections in terms of data transform controls etc. They are also responsible for the speed of a computer system as their size highly affects the processing capacity of it.

Larger the size is going on increasing in order to provide more efficient, faster and accurate machines. And upcoming tutorials we will also describe the future trends of peripheral devices and buses. And we will also discuss the cost performance analysis while designing the system in upcoming tutorials.

What is the Bus in Computer?

A bus is a means of exchanging information between the components of a computer. Generally, a computer uses two or more conductors running in parallel to carry information in the form of electronic pulses.

A common communication channel between a number of devices uses parallel wires to carry address, data, control signals and power. All the cables are different with the different grouping of conductors. But the communication paths inside the CPU that are used to connect the internal components of the CPU are called buses. Similarly, a communication path connecting the CPU to memory is a bus.

A bus is merely a group of wires that carry information between different components. Depending on the type of information carried by them they can be classified as...

1. Address Bus
2. Data Bus
3. Control Bus

A bus may be unidirectional or bidirectional depending on the requirement of the information. Similarly, if it connects the components of CPU then it can be internal buses and if it connects the CPU with the external components then it is an external bus. Whether it is an internal bus or external bus depending on the type of information they have the classification as an address bus, data bus, and control bus.

In the next tutorial, we will be discussed address bus, data bus, and control bus. if you have any query or doubt related this tutorial then let me know through your comment and if you like this tutorial then don’t forget to share other computer lovers.

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