Computer Organization and Design MIPS Edition, 6th Edition

4

The Processor

In a major matter, no details are small.

French Proverb

Outline

• 4.1 Introduction 256
• 4.2 Logic Design Conventions 260
• 4.3 Building a Datapath 263
• 4.4 A Simple Implementation Scheme 271
• 4.5 A Multicycle Implementation 284
• 4.6 An Overview of Pipelining 285
• 4.7 Pipelined Datapath and Control 298
• 4.8 Data Hazards: Forwarding versus Stalling 315
• 4.9 Control Hazards 328
• 4.10 Exceptions 337
• 4.11 Parallelism via Instructions 344
• 4.12 Putting It All Together: The Intel Core i7 6700 and ARM Cortex-A53 358
• 4.13 Going Faster: Instruction-Level Parallelism and Matrix Multiply 366
• 4.14 Advanced Topic: An Introduction to Digital Design Using a ...