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Assignment 2(MAL)

Submitted mode: CU-Online


Instructions
The following Assignment require you to look in Intel’s online manuals
relating to the Intel64 and IA-32 processor architecture. Download the
manuals and find the answers of following questions

1. What are some of the innovative characteristics of the P6 processor


architecture?
2. Locate a description of the Intel Net Burst Microarchitecture in one of the
Intel64 and IA-32processor manuals. Read about and summarize the
functions of the Front End Pipeline.
3. Briefly explain the meaning of out of order execution. Why is it useful?

4. In processors that use Intel’s Hyper Threading Technology, what


components are coupled with each logical processor?

5. What is the size of the physical address space in a processor that implements
the Intel64architecture?

6. What are the Intel Virtual Machine Extensions? Why are virtual machines
useful today?

Deadline: 04-04-22

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