Microprocessor Design/Print Version

__NOTOC__ __NOEDITSECTION__ This book serves as an introduction to the field of microprocessor design and implementation. It is intended for students in computer science or computer or electrical engineering who are in the third or fourth years of an undergraduate degree. While the focus of this book will be on Microprocessors, many of the concepts will apply to other ASIC design tasks as well. The reader should have prior knowledge in Digital Circuits and possibly some background in Semiconductors although it isn't strictly necessary. The reader also should know at least one Assembly Language. Knowledge of higher-level languages such as C or C++ may be useful as well, but are not required. Sections about soft-core design will require prior knowledge of Programmable Logic, and a prior knowledge of at least one HDL. Introduction Microprocessor Basics Microprocessors Computer Architecture Instruction Set Architectures Memory Control and Datapath Performance Assembly Language Design Steps Microprocessor Components Basic Components Program Counter Instruction Decoder Register File Memory Unit ALU FPU Control Unit ALU Design Add and Subtract Blocks Shift and Rotate Blocks Multiply and Divide Blocks ALU Flags Design Paradigms Single Cycle Processors Multi Cycle Processors Pipelined Processors Superscalar Processors VLIW Processors Vector Processors Multicore Processors Execution Problems Exceptions Interrupts Hazards Benchmarking and Optimization Performance Metrics Benchmarking Optimizations Parallel Processing Multi-Core Systems Memory-Level Parallelism Out Of Order Execution Support Software Assembler Simulator Compiler Microprocessor Production FPGA Photolithography Sockets and interfacing Advanced Topics Microcodes Register Renaming Cache Virtual Memory Power Dissipation Resources Licensing GNU Free Documentation License