Resources

• Computer Architecture
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_architecture
• Computer Organization, Microarchitecture
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microarchitecture
• System Design
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_design
• Processor
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Processor_(computing)
  • Models
  • Architecture
  • Instruction set architectures
    • Types
    • Instruction sets
      • UISA: User Instruction Set Architecture
      • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instruction_set_architecture
      • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_instruction_set_architectures
      • Complex instruction set computer CISC
        • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_instruction_set_computer
      • Reduced instruction set computer RISC
        • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduced_instruction_set_computer
  • Execution
    • Instruction Pipelining
    • Hazards
    • Out-of-order
    • Speculative
  • Parallelism
    • Level
      • Bit (Bit-serial, Word)
      • Instruction
      • Pipelining(Scalar, Superscalar)
      • Task (Thread, Process)
      • Data (Vector)
      • Memory
      • Distributed
    • Multithreading
      • Temporal
      • Simultaneous
      • Speculative
      • Preemptive
      • Cooperative
    • Flynn's taxonomy
      • SISD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_instruction,_single_data
      • SIMD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_instruction,_multiple_data
      • MISD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_instruction,_single_data
      • MIMD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_instruction,_multiple_data
  • Processor Performance
    • Transistor Count
    • Instructions per Cycle IPC
    • Cycles per Instructions CPI
    • Instructions per second IPC
    • Floating-point operations per second FLOPS
    • Transactions per second TPS
    • Synaptic updates per second SUPS
    • Performance per watt PPW
    • Cache performance metrics
    • Computer performance by orders of magnitude - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_performance_by_orders_of_magnitude
  • Types
    • Central processing unit (CPU)
    • Graphics processing unit (GPU)
      • GPGPU
    • Vector
    • Barrel
    • Stream
    • Tile processor
    • Coprocessor
    • PAL
    • ASIC
    • FPGA
    • FPOA
    • CPLD
    • Multi-chip module (MCM)
    • System in a package (SiP)
    • Package on a package (PoP)
  • Word size
    • 1-bit
    • 4-bit
    • 8-bit
    • 12-bit
    • 15-bit
    • 16-bit
    • 24-bit
    • 32-bit
    • 48-bit
    • 64-bit
    • 128-bit
    • 256-bit
    • 512-bit
    • bit slicing
    • others
      • variable
  • Core count
    • Single-core
    • Multi-core
    • Manycore
    • Heterogeneous architecture
  • Components
    • Core
    • Cache
      • CPU cache
      • Scratchpad memory
      • Data cache
      • Instruction cache
      • replacement policies
      • coherence
    • Bus
    • Clock rate
    • Clock signal
  • Power management
    • PMU
    • APM
    • ACPI
    • Dynamic frequency scaling
    • Dynamic voltage scaling
    • Clock gating
    • Performance per watt (PPW)