Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Turing machines in V. Neumann architecture


Hi everybody! Lately we have been watching different videos. Two explaining the meaning and function of the Turing Machine an one more explaining how a CPU (Central Processing Unit) works and also talks about the Von Neumann architecture. At the end of the post I am going to put the links below so you can watch the videos if you have any doubts. About that I am going to tell you the resemblances between the Von Neumann architecture and a Turing Machine. I also made a mind map where I explain the basic concepts of both. But first of all you should know that the Turing Machine is only a theory and it does not exist but it is used in the CPU.

If you click this link, you will see my mindmap about Turing machines and V. Neumann architecture.
https://www.mindomo.com/mindmap/cb8fa67b7aea45f8a287e2599f3453f6

One similarity between V. Neumann architecture and Turing Machines is that both use the binary system of 1s and 0s. The Von Neumann architecture uses the Turing machine system by processing information in a coded form (1s and 0s).
Resultado de imagen para binary system computer


Turing machine:
Another resemblance between them is the basic concept of having inputs and outputs that are also activated by wires inside the computer. After recieving the input, the processing unit processes or changes the code and gives an output.

Getting to the point we could say again that the Turing Machine is a concept that does not exist physically but that is used for the systems nowadays like the Von Neumann architecture, so we could say that the Turing machine was a door that opened to the world the possibility to create more and more better computers.

Here is a simplified sketch of the Von Neumann architecture that I found doing some extra research:


These are the videos we watched in class so if you want you can watch them too:

HOW DOES A CPU WORK?


TURING MACHINES



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