CS-224 Computer Organization Lecture 11

Lecture 11 (2010-02-16) Procedures in MIPS (cont'd) CS-224 Computer Organization William Sawyer 2009-2010- Spring Instruction set architecture (ISA), ISA design considerations, RISC vs. CISC, assembly and machine language, programming a RISC machine. Computer arithmetic, arithmetic logic unit, floating-point numbers and their arithmetic implementations. Processor design, data path and control implementation, micro programmed control, exception detection. Pipelining, hazards, pipelined processor design, h