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Randal E. Bryant

Carnegie Mellon University

CS:APP2e

CS:APP Chapter 4

Computer Architecture

Overview

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• 2 – CS:APP2e

Course Outline

Background

 Instruction sets  Logic design

Sequential Implementation

 A simple, but not very fast processor design

Pipelining

 Get more things running simultaneously

Pipelined Implementation

 Make it work

Advanced Topics

 Performance analysis  High performance processor design

• 4 – CS:APP2e

Schedule

Week

 Instruction set architecture  Logic design Assignment: Write & test assembly code programs

Week

 Sequential implementation  Pipelining and initial pipelined implementation Assignment: Add new instructions to sequential implementation

Week

 Making the pipeline work  Modern processor design Assignment: Optimize program+pipeline for maximum performance