Digital Design and Computer Architecture

Chapter 7 Microarchitecture

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Performance Analysis

7.3 Single-Cycle Processor

7.4 Multicycle Processor

7.5 Pipelined Processor

7.6 HDL Representation^*

7.7 Exceptions^*

7.8 Advanced Microarchitecture^*

7.9 Real-World Perspective: IA-32 Microarchitecture^*

7.10 Summary

Exercises

Interview Questions

7.1 INTRODUCTION

In this chapter, you will learn how to piece together a MIPS microprocessor. Indeed, you will puzzle out three different versions, each with different trade-offs between performance, cost, and complexity.

To the uninitiated, building a microprocessor may seem like black magic. But it is actually relatively straightforward, and by this point you have learned everything you need to know. Specifically, you have learned ...