100-199 m

Stage in which the instruction is fetched from memory and placed in the instruction register called

• Memoryread/write

• InstructionDecode

• Execution

• WriteBack

• Instruction Fetch

Choose data dependences

• Read-After-Read

• Read-After-Write

• Write-After-Write

• Write-After-Read

Choose the key characteristics of computer memory systems

• Location

• Unit of Transfer

• Access Method

• Stalling

• Hazards

Choose the element(s) of cache design

• Tag, latency

• AMAT

• Mapping Function

• Number of caches

• Replacement Algorithm

Choose the element(s) of cache design

• Latency

• Cache Size , Line Size

• Tag

• AMAT

• Number of caches

Choose the type(s) of auxiliary memory

• Flash Memory

• Optical Disk

• Hard Drive

• SSD

• RAM

Choose the performance factor(s)

• Instruction Count

• Cache Size

• Mapping function , latency

• Line Size

• Number of Processor Cycles

Choose the performance factor(s)

• Cache Size

• Line Size

• Instruction Count

• Number of Processor Cycles

• Number of memory references

Choose the system attribute(s) by which the performance factors are influenced

• Cache size

• Unit of Transfer

• Compiler Technology

• Processor Implementation

• Cache and memory hierarchy

Choose the physical characteristic(s) of disk systems

• Disk system implementstion

• Disk Size

• Head Mechanism

• Platters

• Sides