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Expansion Cards 55
Peripheral Bus 57
Motherboards 58
Basic Input Output System 62
Memory Hierarchy 63
Conclusion 69
Key Concepts and Terms 69
Review Questions 69
Bibliography 70

Chapter 3. Design Planning 71
Overview 71
Objectives 71
Introduction 71
Processor Roadmaps 74
Design Types and Design Time 79
Product Cost 85
Conclusion 91
Key Concepts and Terms 92
Review Questions 92
Bibliography 93

Chapter 4. Computer Architecture 95
Overview 95
Objectives 95
Introduction 95
Instructions 98
Computation instructions 99
Data transfer instructions 103
Control flow instructions 111
Instruction Encoding 115
CISC versus RISC 118
RISC versus EPIC 120
Recent x86 extensions 122
Conclusion 124
Key Concepts and Terms 125
Review Questions 125
Bibliography 126

Chapter 5. Microarchitecture 127

Overview 127
Objectives 127
Introduction 128
Pipelining 128
Designing for Performance 134
Measuring Performance 137
Microarchitectural Concepts 142