Chapter1–BasicStructureofComputers Contentofthislecture 1.1ComputerTypes1.2FunctionalUnits1.3BasicOperationalConcepts1.6Performance1.7HistoricalPerspectiveSummary ComputerTypes(1)EmbeddedComputers IntegratedintoalargerdeviceorsystemSpecificpurposeIndustrialandhomeautomation,appliances,telecommunicationproducts,andvehicles ...
80486: The 80486 introduced the use of much more sophisticated and powerful cache technology and sophisticated instruelion pipelining. The 80486 also offered a built-in math coprocessor, offloading complex math operations from the main CPU. Pentium: With the Pentium. Intel introduced the use of sup...
There are a few terms used in conjunction with all types of parallel systems. We will describe them here, divided into several categories in some sort of a (hopefully) logical order. For each term, we‘ll try to give a real-life example making it easier to grasp the concept, and to r...
In the past it was a simple task (after the current CPU finished executing one command, simple copy its registers contents into another CPU, and set it to continue execution from the same position). However, these days a CPU executes several commands of a process simultaneously, usingpipelinin...