Table of Contents

1. Computer Architecture, Chapter 1
2. Growth in Performance
3. Growth in Clock Rate
4. Mystery Graph
5. Energy and Power
6. Energy and Power Example
7. Microprocessor Chip Example
8. Chip Floorplan
9. Silicon Boule
10. Wafer Example
11. Dies Per Wafer Example
12. Cost
13. Yield
14. Yield Models - Poisson
15. Yield Models - Binomial
16. Yield Models - Bose-Einstein
17. Dependability
18. MTTF Example
19. MTTR Example
20. Performance Measurements
21. Summarizing Performance
22. Average vs. Relative Throughput
23. How to Mislead with Performance Reports
24. Speedup and Amdahl's Law
24.1. Speedup Limitation

25. Reliability Amdahl Example
26. Processor Performance Equation
27. CPI
28. CPI Example
29. CPI Example, Speedup
30. Instruction Set Architecture - Registers
31. Instruction Set Architecture - Formats
32. Instruction Set Architecture - Opcodes
33. Instruction Set Architecture - Addressing Modes