a) A company is developing a new games console. The game will be stored on a ROM chip once the program to run the new game has been fully tested and developed.
i) Give two advantages of putting the game’s program on a ROM chip.
ii) Explain why the manufacturers would use an EPROM chip during development.
iii) The manufacturers are also using RAM chips on the internal circuit board.
Explain why they are doing this.
iv) The games console will have four USB ports.
Apart from the need to attach games controllers, give reasons why USB ports are incorporated.
b) During development of the games console the plastic parts are being made by a 3D printer.
Give two reasons why the manufacturer would use 3D printers.