CDA4411: Chapter 4 - Processor Technology and Architecture
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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
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 COMPUTERS MAIN MEMORY RAM
- 10. CLOCK RATE
- 11. BENCHMARKS
- 12. ENHANCING PROCESSOR PERFORMANCE Memory caching Pipelining Branch prediction and speculative execution Multiprocessing