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Computer Architecture & Organization

Lecture 1- Introduction

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 Architecture vs Organization

Computer architecture – science to design computing platform

to meet the needed goal(speed, battery, cost…)

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Block Diagram of a Computer System

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Computer processor - CPU

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Arithmetic and Logic Unit

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The Control Unit

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Memory

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Computer Evolution

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Levels of
Representation
temp = v[k];
High Level Language v[k] = v[k+1];
Program v[k+1] = temp;

Compiler
lw $15, 0($2)
Assembly Language lw $16, 4($2)
Program sw $16, 0($2)
sw $15, 4($2)
Assembler
0000 1001 1100 0110 1010 1111 0101 1000
Machine Language 1010 1111 0101 1000 0000 1001 1100 0110
Program 1100 0110 1010 1111 0101 1000 0000 1001
0101 1000 0000 1001 1100 0110 1010 1111

Machine Interpretation

Control Signal Spec ALUOP[0:3] <= InstReg[9:11] & MASK

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 The Instruction Set: A Critical Interface
Computer Architecture =
Instruction Set Architecture +
Machine Organization

software
instruction set
hardware

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