COA课件-大连交大-lyx_Ch04.ppt

William Stallings Computer Organization and Architecture6th Edition Chapter 4 ※Cache Memory（重点） §4.1 Computer Memory System Overview Location Capacity Unit of transfer Access method Performance Physical type Physical characteristics Organisation (1)Location CPU (registers, cache) Internal (main memory, cache) External (disk, tape) (2)Capacity Word size —word length (字长) The natural unit of organisation 8,16,32bits Number of words (字数) or Bytes 注意：字（word）在不同的机器上位数不同，它不是一个公认的单位，而字节是标准单位：1Byte=8bits (3)Unit of Transfer Internal – “word” Usually governed by data bus width Be equal to the word