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    Systems Project 2 Due day: 18 December‚ 2012 Late penalty: 50 % A. Goal The objective of this laboratory session is to familiarize with the VSIM Superscalar Simulator. This simulator allows program simulation on several superscalar central processing units‚ such as‚ Digital Alpha 21264‚ HP-PA8500‚ IBM Power3‚ Intel Pentium Pro/II/III and MIPS R10000. Basic usage such as execution and execution by steps and programming of these processors will be covered. B. Software PC with Windows 95

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    A microprocessor incorporates the functions of a computer’s central processing unit (CPU) on a single integrated circuit (IC)‚ or at most a few integrated circuits. It is a multipurpose‚ programmable device that accepts digital data as input‚ processes it according to instructions stored in its memory‚ and provides results as output. It is an example of sequential digital logic‚ as it has internal memory. Microprocessors operate on numbers and symbols represented in the binary numeral system. The

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    Vocabulary #1 1. Cursor- A cursor is a flashing symbol on the computer screen that shows where the information or where have entered will appear. *Cursor-If you look at the screen the cursor should be somewhere on the monitor. 2. Keyboard- A keyboard is a piece of hardware connected to a computer and used to input information or instruction. *keyboard-The keyboard I use is made by Dell and I use it for typing. 3. Computer Hardware is mechanical‚ magnetic‚ electronic‚ electrical components

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    Logic b. Level 1 – Control c. Level 3 – System Software d. Level 5 – High-Level Language e. Level 6 – User 4. Which of the following components of the central processing unit is responsible for retrieving instructions and then translating those instructions into executable operation codes and operands? a. Arithmetic Logic Unit b. Control Unit c. Registers d. Program Counter e. None of the Above 5. Which of the following is currently the most popular format for representing signed numbers

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    components to run a computer. Personal computer have lots of components the main components are keyboard‚mouse‚ram‚dvd drive‚ hard disk‚ video card‚ mother board‚ processor‚ disk controller‚floppy disk drive‚video display adopter‚modem‚printer‚cpu(central proceesing unit) computer case.and the optional equipemenns are tap back up devices‚cd -rom drives‚digital camera‚audio adopters‚removal drives the above components are main hardware components of the computer.the software components of the personal computer

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    multi-core processing‚ plus provides a glimpse into the upcoming Intel quad-core processors and the direction in which Intel is taking multi-core processors to the future. We discuss many of the benefits you will see as we continue to increase processor performance‚ energy efficiency‚ and capabilities. Multi-core processor capability is central to the Intel platform-centric approach. By enabling enhanced performance‚ reduced power consumption and more efficient simultaneous processing of multiple

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    number of transisitors that could be placed on an integrated circuit would double every 18 months. Three years later‚ he and Noyce launched Intel. 4004 * In 1971‚ the 4004 marked the beginning of microprocessors built on a single central processing unit. Instead of different functions for different chips working together‚ the 4004 was the introduction of consolidating all functions on one chip. This discovery made Intel the early leader of the microprocessor industry. 8008 * The 8008

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    -2- EVOLUTION OF THE MICROPROCESSOR INTRODUCTION The Collegiate Webster dictionary describes microprocessor as a computer processor contained on an integrated-circuit chip. In the mid-seventies‚ a microprocessor was defined as a central processing unit (CPU) realized on a LSI (large-scale integration) chip‚ operating at a clock frequency of 1 to 5 MHz and constituting an 8-bit system (Heffer‚ 1986). It was a single component having the ability to perform a wide variety of different functions

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    operation cycle of a computer. It is the process by which a computer retrieves a program instruction from its memory‚ determines what actions the instruction requires‚ and carries out those actions. This cycle is repeated continuously by the central processing unit(CPU)‚ from boot up to when the computer is shut down. FETCH INSTRUCTION DECODE INSTRUCTION EXECUTE INSTRUCTION 2 THE FETCH-DECODE-EXECUTE CYCLE Von Neumann architecture (e.g. Pentium is using an von Neumann architecture

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    Even things like your car‚ dishwasher‚ dvd player‚ and even TVs include some form of computers. All this would not be possible without the invention of the integrated circuit or IC. This led to the creation of the Microprocessor or CPU (central processing unit) which acts as the brain of the computer. To better help illustrate the function and need for a CPU you must go back to the first all electric computers. Now computers have a long history but modern electronic computers got their start with

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