ECE366ComputerArchitectureLecture1-2.pptVIP

ECE 366Computer Architecture Lecture 1-2 Shantanu Dutt (/~dutt) Adapted from (with adds and deletes): Overview Intro to Computer Architecture Administrative Matters Course Style, Philosophy and Structure Organization and Anatomy of a Computer What is “Computer Architecture” Computer Architecture = Instruction Set Architecture + Machine Organization Instruction Set Architecture (subset of Computer Arch.) ... the attributes of a [computing] system as seen by the programmer, i.e. the conceptual structure and functional behavior, as distinct from the organization of the