Elements of Processor (CPU) Architecture in pdf

Table of Contents

• Sequential Computing: Basic Architecture and Software Model
  • From high level language to executable instructions
  • From transistors to the CPU
  • The Clock and Execution Performance Metrics. Superscalar Processors
  • Bandwidth and latency issues in data movement
  • Data Storage
  • The CPU – Main Memory Communication
  • Cache Memory
  • Virtual memory
  • From Code to an Executable Program
• Parallel Computing: The Basic Architecture and Software Model
  • Introduction. Parallel Execution vs. Parallel Computing
  • Increasing Execution Speed through Instruction Level Parallelism
  • Superscalar Architectures. Hyper-Threading
  • The Three Walls to Sequential Computing
  • Multi-Core Chips