Computer Architecture Introduction
The note will review
fundamental structures in modern microprocessor and computer system architecture
design. Topics covered includes: CPU Performance and Metrics, Instruction
Set Architecture, Implementation and Pipelining, Exceptions, Multi-cycle Ops,
Dynamic Scheduling, Dynamic Branch Prediction, Multiple Issue and
Speculation,Static Scheduling, Loop Unrolling, and Software Pipelining, Caches,
Main Memory, Virtual Memory, Multiprocessors, Multithreading and I/O.
Author(s): Maxwell Dworkin
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