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Computer Architecture

Explore the Central Processing Unit (CPU) features, such as Control Unit, Datapath, ALU, and CPU-Memory Coordination. Learn how CPU operations are processed and instructions executed efficiently. Discover the role of registers, buses, and memory coordination.

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Computer Architecture

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  1. Computer Architecture Part II-A: CPU Organization

  2. The Central Processing Unit • The operating hub and heart of every computer system • Composed of • Control Unit • Datapath • Each component inside the CPU has a specific role in executing a command • Communicates with other components of the system

  3. Control Unit (CU) • Regulates all activities inside the machine • Serves as “nerve center” that sends control signals to other units and senses their status • Connected to all components in the CPU as well as main memory

  4. How The CU Is Connected Registers ALU Control Unit Main Memory CPU

  5. Registers ALU Inside the CPU: The Datapath

  6. Registers • Components used for data storage (can be read from or written to) • High speed memory locations used to store important information during CPU operations • Two types • Special • General-purpose

  7. Special Registers • Registers used for specific purposes • Used heavily during execution of CPU instructions

  8. General Purpose Registers • CPU registers used as “scratch pad” during execution of machine-level instructions • Number varies between processors

  9. Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU) • Performs all mathematical and logical operations within the CPU • Operands not in the CPU would have to be retrieved from main memory

  10. CPU-Memory Coordination • Bus - a group of wires that connect separate components • Types of bus: • Control bus (control signals) • Address bus (address information) • Data bus (instruction/data)

  11. CPU-Memory Coordination • The different busses facilitate communication between the CPU and main memory • Actions of the two components are highly-synchronized to ensure efficient and timely execution of instructions

  12. CPU Operations • Instructions do not reside in the CPU, they have to be fetched from memory • Each machine level instruction is broken down into a logical sequence of smaller steps

  13. CPU Operations • Instructions are carried out by performing one or more of the following functions in some pre-specified sequence • Retrieving data from main memory • Putting data to main memory • Register data transfer • ALU operation

  14. How An Instruction is Processed • Instruction is retrieved from memory • Analyze what the instruction is and how to execute it • Operands/parameters (if any) are fetched from main memory • Instruction is executed • Results are stored (CPU or MM) • Prepare for next instruction

  15. Instruction Processing Example • Fetch instruction from memory • Decode it (turns out to be an ADD) • Get the two numbers to add from MM • Perform the addition • Where will it be stored? • Prepare for next instruction

  16. Processing Data in Clusters • Information is organized into groups of fixed-size data that can be stored and retrieved in a single, basic operation • Each group of n bits is referred to as a word of information • Access to each word requires a distinct name (location/address) • Can also refer to a characteristic of other components (i.e. size of bus)

  17. Word Length • Size of a word specified in bits known as word length • Possible benefits of a large word length: • Faster processing (more data and/or instructions can be fetched at a time) • Greater numeric precision • More powerful instructions (e.g. instructions can have more operands)

  18. Machine Language • Composed of • Instruction • Data (instruction parameters) • Instructions and data are represented by a stream of 1s and 0s • Cumbersome to deal with when preparing programs; programmers use hexadecimal numbers • In some computers, both instruction and data are stored in a single memory location

  19. Assembly: An Improvement on Machine Language • Symbols, called mnemonics, are used to represent instructions • Sample instruction • Advantage: • Easier recall of instructions • Disadvantage: • Need to convert mnemonics and hexadecimal numbers back to binary Instruction parameters add (105),(8) instruction

  20. How Programs Are Loaded Into Main Memory • Programs are loaded as binary numbers • Assumptions: • An instruction isrepresented by a 2-digit hexadecimal number (e.g. add by 1A, mov by A0) • World length of instruction parameters: 3 hex digits (12 bits) Instruction Instruction parameters

  21. Executing Multiple Programs • Programs share processor time • Time slicing • Supported by modern CPUs

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