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Microarchitectural concepts

Microprogram Maurice Wilkes Caching Main memory Hard disks

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Relation to instruction set architecture

Assembly language Execution model Processor registers Arithmetic logic units Single data bus organization

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Aspects

Pipelined Microcontrollers DSPs Floating point units SIMD

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Electronics Computer science Computer engineering Instruction set architecture Processor

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Relation to instruction set architecture

Assembly language
Execution model
Processor registers Processor register
Arithmetic logic units Arithmetic logic unit
Single data bus organization Datapath
Control path Control path?action=edit&redlink=1
Data flow diagram
Block diagram
Arithmetic and logic unit
Register file
Three-state buffer Three-state logic
Unidirectional buses Simplex circuit
Memory address register
Three-state bus
Schematic
Logic gates Logic gate
Circuit diagram
Logic family
Microcode

Aspects

Pipelined Instruction pipeline
Microcontrollers Microcontroller
DSPs Digital signal processor
Floating point units Floating point unit
SIMD Single instruction, multiple data
Peripherals Peripheral
Memory controllers Memory controller

Microarchitectural concepts

Microprogram
Maurice Wilkes
Caching Cache (computing)
Main memory
Hard disks Hard disk
Computer bus
Moore's law
Load–store architectures Load–store architecture
VLIW Very long instruction word
EPIC Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing
Data parallelism
Vectors Vector processor
CISC Complex instruction set computer
Code density
Instruction pipelining
Assembly line
Classic RISC pipeline
SPARC
MIPS MIPS architecture
Intel
Motorola
VAX 8800 VAX 8000
Die Die (integrated circuit)
Cache memory CPU cache
Memory hierarchy
Branch prediction
Speculative execution
Superscalar
Out-of-order execution
DRAM Dynamic random-access memory

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related to Further reading · 45

Microarchitecture → Abd-El-Barr, Architecture, Carnegie Mellon Computer Architecture, Computer Architecture, Computer Organization, Computer System Architecture, David, Design, El-Rewini, ExtremeTech, Fundamentals, Gardner, Gary Michael, Gilreath, Hamacher, Hayes, Hennessy, Hesham, ISBN, Laplante

see also · 12

Microarchitecture → AMD CPU, ARM CPU, Control, CPU, Electronics, HDL, ILP, Instruction-level, Intel CPU, List, VerilogComparison, VLSI

related to Aspects · 9

Microarchitecture → ALU, DSPs, Execution, FPU, SIMD, Some, The, These, This

related to Multicycle microarchitecture · 9

Microarchitecture → For, Historically, However, In, Multicycle, Some, The, They, When

related to Relation to instruction set architecture · 5

Microarchitecture → ALUs, ISA, The, The ISA, These

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instruction instructions computer one processor logic memory designs register architecture design execution used data cache microarchitectural isbn could time program

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the arithmetic	instance of	the microarchitecture diagram shows microarchitectural elements	0.80	text
logic unit	instance of	the microarchitecture diagram shows microarchitectural elements	0.80	text
the register file as a single schematic symbol	instance of	the microarchitecture diagram shows microarchitectural elements	0.80	text
memory access	instance of	Some architectures include other stages	0.80	text
whether or not to include peripherals	instance of	throughput and connectivity of memories within the system are also microarchitectural decisions.System-level design decisions	0.80	text
such as memory controllers	instance of	throughput and connectivity of memories within the system are also microarchitectural decisions.System-level design decisions	0.80	text
can be considered part of the microarchitectural design process	instance of	throughput and connectivity of memories within the system are also microarchitectural decisions.System-level design decisions	0.80	text
chip area/cost	instance of	attention must be paid to issues	0.80	text
power consumption	instance of	attention must be paid to issues	0.80	text
logic complexity	instance of	attention must be paid to issues	0.80	text
ease of connectivity	instance of	attention must be paid to issues	0.80	text
manufacturability	instance of	attention must be paid to issues	0.80	text

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