Edexcel IAL Computer Science – U3.04 Parallel processing: MIMD and SIMD – Lesson & Worksheet

Edexcel IAL Computer Science – Topic 11 Computer systems and data representation (10 lessons)

A complete, ready-to-teach bundle for **Pearson Edexcel International A Level Computer Science (2026)**: Topic 11 Computer systems and data representation, in 10 bespoke lessons. Every lesson comes with: - **Editable PowerPoint slides**: goals, starter, explanations, diagrams, worked examples, a quick check, a task and an exit ticket, with teacher notes - **Student worksheet (Word)**: recall, applied practice and exam-style questions with marks - **Answer sheet (Word)**: full mark-scheme style answers Worth £49.90 if bought lesson by lesson. ## What's inside - **U3.01** Harvard architecture - **U3.02** RISC and CISC - **U3.03** Five-stage pipelining - **U3.04** Parallel processing: MIMD and SIMD - **U3.05** Embedded systems hardware - **U3.06** ADC, DAC and embedded software - **U3.07** I/O device management - **U3.08** Virtual machines and containers - **U3.09** Floating point: IEEE 754 half precision - **U3.10** Floating point: converting and range ## Why teachers use it - Mapped lesson by lesson to the specification, so coverage is easy to track - Python 3 throughout, as the specification requires - Fully editable: adapt to your class, timings and school template - Works for teaching, revision, cover lessons and homework These are independent resources written for the Pearson Edexcel International Advanced Level Computer Science specification (Issue 1, first teaching 2026; IAS XCP01, IAL YCP01). They are not produced or endorsed by Pearson.