Computer Architecture

• AOR: Architecture, Organization and Realization

• Architecture: High-level, user-programmer visible components:

  • Instruction set architecture
  • Major blocks: CPU, Memory , IO

• Organization: Next lower level to architecture ::

  • CPU internal organization
  • Bus structure
  • Memory Organization

• Realization (implementation)

  • CMOS or Bipolar
  • DIP or PGA etc.

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