CDA4411: Chapter 4 - Processor Technology and Architecture
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Chapter 4 discusses CPU technology and architecture, covering instruction and execution cycles, and how simple instructions form complex operations. It details key design features like instruction format and clock rate, as well as methods for enhancing processor performance, including memory caching and pipelining. The chapter also touches on the fabrication of microchips.
CDA4411: Chapter 4 - Processor Technology and Architecture
- 1. Chapter 4 Processor Technology and Architecture By: Freddy Agredo
- 2. Chapter objectives • Describe CPU instruction and execution cycles • Explain how primitive CPU instructions are combined to form complex processing operations • Describe key CPU design features, including instruction format, word size, and clock rate • Describe the function of general-purpose and special-purpose registers • Explain methods of enhancing processor performance
- 4. PROGRAM MACHINE LANGUAGE CPU EXECUTES PROGRAM STORED IN COMPUTER’S MAIN MEMORY RAM
- 10. CLOCK RATE
- 11. BENCHMARKS
- 12. ENHANCING PROCESSOR PERFORMANCE • Memory caching • Pipelining • Branch prediction and speculative execution • Multiprocessing