Microprocessor Theory and Applications with 68000/68020 and Pentium

CONTENTS

PREFACE

CREDITS

1. INTRODUCTION TO MICROPROCESSORS

1.1 Explanation of Terms

1.2 Microprocessor Data Types

1.2.1 Unsigned and Signed Binary Numbers

1.2.2 ASCII and EBCDIC Codes

1.2.3 Unpacked and Packed Binary-Coded-Decimal Numbers

1.2.4 Floating-point Numbers

1.3 Evolution of the Microprocessor

1.4 Typical Features of 32-bit and 64-bit Microprocessors

1.5 Microprocessor-based System Design Concepts

1.6 Typical Microprocessor Applications

1.6.1 A Simple Microprocessor Application

1.6.2 Examples of Typical Microprocessor Applications

2. MICROCOMPUTER ARCHITECTURE

2.1 Basic Blocks of a Microcomputer

2.2 Typical Microcomputer Architecture

2.2.1 System Bus

2.2.2 Clock Signals

2.3 Single-Chip Microprocessor

2.3.1 Register Section

2.3.2 Control Unit

2.3.3 Arithmetic-Logic Unit

2.3.4 Functional Representations of Simple and Typical Microprocessors

2.3.5 Simplified Explanation of Control Unit design

2.4 Program Execution by Conventional Microprocessors

2.5 Program Execution by typical 32-bit Microprocessors

2.5.1 Pipelining

2.5.2 Branch Prediction Feature

2.6 Scalar and Superscalar Microprocessors

2.7 RISC vs. CISC

Questions and Problems

3. MICROPROCESSOR MEMORY ORGANIZATION

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Main memory

3.2.1 Read-Only Memory

3.2.2 Random-Access Memory

3.2.3 READ and WRITE Timing Diagrams

3.2.4 Main Memory Organization

3.2.5 Main Memory Array Design

3.3 Microprocessor on-chip memory management unit and cache

3.3.1 Memory Management Concepts

3.3.2 Cache Memory Organization