CS:APP Chapter 4: Computer Architecture Overview and Course Outline - Prof. Jian-Guo Liu, Assignments of Mathematics

Download CS:APP Chapter 4: Computer Architecture Overview and Course Outline - Prof. Jian-Guo Liu and more Assignments Mathematics in PDF only on Docsity! Randal E. Bryant Carnegie Mellon University CS:APP CS:APP Chapter 4 Computer Architecture Overview http://csapp.cs.cmu.edu – 2 – CS:APP Course Outlineli Background n Instruction sets n Logic design Sequential Implementation n A simple, but not very fast processor design Pipelining n Get more things running simultaneously Pipelined Implementation n Make it work Advanced Topics n Performance analysis n High performance processor design – 3 – CS:APP Coverage Our Approach n Work through designs for particular instruction set l Y86---a simplified version of the Intel IA32 (a.k.a. x86). l If you know one, you more-or-less know them all n Work at “microarchitectural” level l Assemble basic hardware blocks into overall processor structure » Memories, functional units, etc. l Surround by control logic to make sure each instruction flows through properly n Use simple hardware description language to describe control logic l Can extend and modify l Test via simulation – 4 – CS:APP Schedule Week #1 n Instruction set architecture n Logic design Assignment: Write & test assembly code programs Week #2 n Sequential implementation n Pipelining and initial pipelined implementation Assignment: Add new instructions to sequential implementation Week #3 n Making the pipeline work n Modern processor design Assignment: Optimize program+pipeline for maximum performance