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CPU Design: Part 5 - Caches
In Part 4 I explained that when it comes to memory, you essentially have to trade off capacity vs. speed. If you want a large pool of available memory, it will tend to be slow compared to a small pool of memory. I also explained that you can take advantage of this trade-off by using multiple...- Cliff Maier, PhD
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CPU Design: Part 4 - Memories
Introduction I’ve received a request to talk about caches, which is a topic near and dear to my heart. In fact, my Ph.D. dissertation was a rather lengthy book on the topic. The last I checked, my old research group was still hosting an html version of my dissertation here. I’ll get to...- Cliff Maier, PhD
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CPU Design: Part 3 - Power
Power efficiency has increasingly become an important issue in CPU design. Performing calculations is not free - you have to supply power in order to enable the CPU to move electrical charge carriers around in such a manner as to perform computations. There are many techniques that CPU...- Cliff Maier, PhD
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