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Chip space is limited

Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2025 5:50 am
by Rina7RS
Technology and chip space: There are always trade-offs. Caches and some components take up space. That's why we see all sorts of differences between processor generations: there are attempts to maximize space and performance with better architectures and more advanced manufacturing processes.

1.3 Architecture
The architecture of a CPU defines its fundamental structure. The bosnia and herzegovina mobile database architecture also determines how the processor processes information, executes instructions, and interacts with other hardware components.

Basically, we have 2 sets of architectures: Von Neumann vs. Harvard architecture RISC Reduced Instruction Set Computing vs. CISC Complex Instruction Set Computing Modern processors from Intel and AMD use principles from both sets of architectures. They use a variation of the Harvard architecture known as the Modified Harvard architecture. In this configuration, the processor has separate caches for instructions and data similar to Harvard, but they are fed from a common memory similar to Von Neumann. This balances the efficiency of separating data and instructions for fast access with the flexibility of managing a single memory.