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Basic Computer Organization
Chapter 2
S. Dandamudi
Outline
• Basic components
• The processor
– Execution cycle
– System clock
• Flow control
– Branching
– Procedure calls
• Memory
– Basic operations
– Types of memory
– Storing multibyte data
• Number of addresses
–
–
–
–
–
3-address machines
2-address machines
1-address machines
0-address machines
Load/store architecture
• Input/Output
• Performance: Data
alignment
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Basic Components
• Basic components of a computer system
– Processor
– Memory
– I/O
– System bus
• Address bus
• Data bus
• Control bus
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Basic Components (cont’d)
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The Processor
• Processor can be thought of executing
– Fetch-decode-execute cycle forever
• Fetch an instruction from the memory
• Decode the instruction
– Find out what the operation is
• Execute the instruction
– Perform the specified operation
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Infinite Cycle
Instruction Execute Cycle
Instruction
Fetch
Instruction
Decode
Operand
Fetch
Execute
Writeback
Result
Obtain instruction from program storage
Determine required actions and instruction size
Locate and obtain operand data
Compute result value and status
Deposit results in storage for later use
Instruction Execution Cycle – cont'd
I1
memory
op1
op2
program
I2 I3 I4
fetch
...
read
registers
registers
write
write
I1
decode
• Instruction Fetch
• Instruction
Decode
• Operand Fetch
• Execute
• Result Writeback
PC
flags
ALU
execute
(output)
instruction
register
The Processor (cont’d)
• System clock
– Provides timing signal to synchronize the
operations of the system.
1
– Clock period = Clock frequency
(instruction execution time)
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Number of Addresses
• Four categories
– 3-address machines
• 2 for the source operands and one for the result
– 2-address machines
• One address doubles as source and result
– 1-address machine
• Accumulator machines
• Accumulator is used for one source and result
– 0-address machines
• Stack machines
• Operands are taken from the stack
• Result goes onto the stack
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Number of Addresses (cont’d)
• Three-address machines
– Two for the source operands, one for the result
– RISC processors use three addresses
– Sample instructions
add
sub
mult
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dest,src1,src2
; M(dest)=[src1]+[src2]
dest,src1,src2
; M(dest)=[src1]-[src2]
dest,src1,src2
; M(dest)=[src1]*[src2]
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Number of Addresses (cont’d)
• Example
– C statement
A = B + C * D
– Equivalent code:
mult
T,C,D
add
T,T,B
sub
T,T,E
add
T,T,F
add
A,T,A
– E + F + A
;T
;T
;T
;T
;A
=
=
=
=
=
C*D
B+C*D
B+C*D-E
B+C*D-E+F
B+C*D-E+F+A
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Number of Addresses (cont’d)
• Two-address machines
– One address doubles (for source operand & result)
– Last example makes a case for it
• Address T is used twice
– Sample instructions
load
dest,src
add
dest,src
sub
dest,src
mult
dest,src
;
;
;
;
M(dest)=[src]
M(dest)=[dest]+[src]
M(dest)=[dest]-[src]
M(dest)=[dest]*[src]
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Number of Addresses (cont’d)
• Example
– C statement
A = B + C *
– Equivalent code:
load
T,C
mult
T,D
add
T,B
sub
T,E
add
T,F
add
A,T
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D – E + F + A
;T
;T
;T
;T
;T
;A
=
=
=
=
=
=
C
C*D
B+C*D
B+C*D-E
B+C*D-E+F
B+C*D-E+F+A
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Number of Addresses (cont’d)
• One-address machines
– Uses special set of registers called accumulators
• Specify one source operand & receive the result
– Called accumulator machines
– Sample instructions
load
addr ; accum =
store addr ; M[addr]
add
addr ; accum =
sub
addr ; accum =
mult
addr ; accum =
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= accum
accum + [addr]
accum - [addr]
accum * [addr]
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Number of Addresses (cont’d)
• Example
– C statement
A = B + C * D – E + F + A
– Equivalent code:
load
mult
add
sub
add
add
store
C
D
B
E
F
A
A
;load C into accum
;accum = C*D
;accum = C*D+B
;accum = B+C*D-E
;accum = B+C*D-E+F
;accum = B+C*D-E+F+A
;store accum contents in A
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Number of Addresses (cont’d)
• Zero-address machines
– Stack supplies operands and receives the result
• Special instructions to load and store use an address
– Called stack machines (Ex: HP3000, Burroughs B5500)
– Sample instructions
push
addr ; push([addr])
pop
addr ; pop([addr])
add
; push(pop + pop)
sub
; push(pop - pop)
mult
; push(pop * pop)
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Number of Addresses (cont’d)
• Example
– C statement
A = B + C * D – E + F + A
– Equivalent code:
push
E
sub
push
C
push
F
push
D
add
Mult
push
A
push
B
add
add
pop
A
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Load/Store Architecture
• Instructions expect operands in internal processor registers
– Special LOAD and STORE instructions move data between registers
and memory
– RISC and vector processors use this architecture
– Reduces instruction length
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Load/Store Architecture (cont’d)
• Sample instructions
load
store
add
sub
mult
Rd,addr
addr,Rs
Rd,Rs1,Rs2
Rd,Rs1,Rs2
Rd,Rs1,Rs2
;Rd = [addr]
;(addr) = Rs
;Rd = Rs1 + Rs2
;Rd = Rs1 - Rs2
;Rd = Rs1 * Rs2
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Number of Addresses (cont’d)
• Example
– C statement
A = B + C * D – E + F
– Equivalent code:
load
R1,B
mult
load
R2,C
add
load
R3,D
sub
load
R4,E
add
load
R5,F
add
load
R6,A
store
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+ A
R2,R2,R3
R2,R2,R1
R2,R2,R4
R2,R2,R5
R2,R2,R6
A,R2
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Flow of Control
• Default is sequential flow
• Several instructions alter this default
execution
– Branches
• Unconditional
• Conditional
– Procedure calls
• Parameter passing
– Register-based
– Stack-based
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Flow of Control (cont’d)
• Branches
– Unconditional
branch
target
• Absolute address
• PC-relative
– Target address is specified relative to PC contents
– Example: MIPS
• Absolute address
j
target
• PC-relative
b
target
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Flow of Control (cont’d)
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Flow of Control (cont’d)
• Branches
– Conditional
• Jump is taken only if the condition is met
– Two types
• Set-Then-Jump
– Condition testing is separated from branching
– Condition code registers are used to convey the condition test
result
• Example: Pentium code
cmp
AX,BX
je
target
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Flow of Control (cont’d)
• Test-and-Jump
– Single instruction performs condition testing and branching
• Example: MIPS instruction
beq
Rsrc1,Rsrc2,target
» Jumps to target if Rsrc1 = Rsrc2
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Flow of Control (cont’d)
• Procedure calls
– Requires two pieces of information to return
• End of procedure
– Pentium
» uses ret instruction
– MIPS
» uses jr instruction
• Return address
– In a (special) register
» MIPS allows any general-purpose register
– On the stack
» Pentium
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Flow of Control (cont’d)
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Flow of Control (cont’d)
• Parameter passing
– Register-based
• Internal registers are used
– Faster
– Limit the number of parameters
» Due to limited number of available registers
– Stack-based
• Stack is used
– Slower
– Requires memory access
– General-purpose
» Not limited by the number of registers
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Memory
• Memory can be viewed as
an ordered sequence of
bytes
• Each byte of memory has an
address
– Memory address is essentially
the sequence number of the
byte
– Such memories are called
byte addressable
– Number of address lines
determine the memory
address space of a processor
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Memory (cont’d)
• Two basic memory operations
– Read operation (read from memory)
– Write operation (write into memory)
• Access time
• Time needed to retrieve data at addressed location
• Cycle time
• Minimum time between successive operations
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Memory (cont’d)
• Steps in a typical read cycle
• Place the address of the location to be read on the address
bus
• Activate the memory read control signal on the control bus
• Wait for the memory to retrieve the data from the
addressed memory location
• Read the data from the data bus
• Drop the memory read control signal to terminate the read
cycle
– A simple Pentium memory read cycle takes 3 clocks
– Steps 1&2 and 4&5 are done in one clock cycle each
– For slower memories, wait cycles will have to be
inserted
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Typical read cycle
Cycle 1
Cycle 2
Cycle 3
Cycle 4
CLK
Address
ADDR
RD
Data
DATA
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Memory (cont’d)
• Steps in a typical write cycle
• Place the address of the location to be written on the
address bus
• Place the data to be written on the data bus
• Activate the memory write control signal on the control bus
• Wait for the memory to store the data at the addressed
location
• Drop the memory write control signal to terminate the write
cycle
– A simple Pentium memory write cycle takes 3 clocks
– Steps 1&3 and 4&5 are done in one clock cycle each
– For slower memories, wait cycles will have to be
inserted
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Memory (cont’d)
• Some properties of memory
– Random access
• Accessing any memory location takes the same amount of
time
– Volatility
• Volatile memory
– Needs power to retain the contents
• Non-volatile memory
– Retains contents even in the absence of power
• Basic types of memory
– Read-only memory (ROM)
– Read/write memory (RAM)
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Memory (cont’d)
• Read-only memory (ROM)
• Cannot be written into this type of memory
• Non-volatile memory
• Most are factory programmed (i.e., written)
– Programmable ROMs (PROMs)
• Can be written once by user
– A fuse is associated with each bit cell
– Special equipment is needed to write (to blow the fuse)
• PROMS are useful
– During prototype development
– If the required quantity is small
» Does not justify the cost of factory programmed ROM
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Memory (cont’d)
– Erasable PROMs (EPROMs)
• Can be written several times
• Offers further flexibility during system prototyping
• Can be erased by exposing to ultraviolet light
– Cannot erase contents of selected locations
» All contents are lost
– Electrically erasable PROMs (EEPROMs)
• Contents are electrically erased
• No need to erase all contents
– Typically a subset of the locations are erased as a group
– Most EEPROMs do not provide the capability to individually erase
contents of a single location
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Memory (cont’d)
• Read/write memory
• Commonly referred to as random access memory (RAM)
• Volatile memories
– Two basic types
• Static RAM (SRAM)
– Retains data with no further maintenance
– Typically used for CPU registers and cache memory
• Dynamic RAM (DRAM)
– A tiny capacitor is used to store a bit
– Due to leakage of charge, DRAMs must be refreshed to retain
contents
– Read operation is destructive in DRAMs
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Memory (cont’d)
• DRAM types
– FPM DRAMs
• FPM = Fast Page Mode
– EDO DRAMs
• EDO = Extended Data Output
– Uses pipelining to speedup access
– SDRAMs
• Use an external clock to synchronize data output
• Also called SDR SDRAMs (Single Data Rate)
– DDR SDRAMs
• DDR = Double Data Rate
• Provides data on both falling and rising edges of the clock
– RDRAMs
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Storing Multibyte Data
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Storing Multibyte Data (cont’d)
• Little endian
• Used by Intel IA-32 processors
• Big endian
• Used most processors by default
• MIPS supports both byte orderings
• Big endian is the default
• Not a problem when working with same type of
machines
• Need to convert the format if working with a different
machine
• Pentium provides two instructions for conversion
– xchg for 16-bit data
– bswap for 32-bit data
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Input/Output
• Types of I/O Devices:
- Purely input device (e.g., keyboard, mouse).
- Purely output device (e.g., printer, display
screen)
- Both an input and output device (e.g., Touch
Screens, disks)
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Input/Output Controller
• I/O devices are connected to the system bus
via I/O controllers.
• I/O controller acts as an interface between the
system and the I/O device.
• I/O controller is used to help the processor to
understand and respond to each I/O device.
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Input/Output Controller
• I/O controller is used for two reasons:
1- To provide the necessary low-level commands and
data for proper operation of the associated I/O
device.
2- I/O controller contains driver hardware to send
current over long cables that connect the I/O device
(i.e. The amount of electrical power used to send
signals on the system bus is very low, so we need
vary short cable to connect I/O device).
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Input/Output Controller
• I/O controller has three types of registers:
Data Register, Status Register, and Command
Register.
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Input/Output Controller
• I/O controller has three types of registers:
- Data Register: holds the data to be input or
output.
- Status Register: Determines the status of I/O
device (e.g. idle, valid, busy,…etc.)
- Command Register: Tells the controller the
operation requested by the processor.
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Input/Output Ports
• Processor and I/O interface points for exchanging data
are called I/O ports
• Two ways of mapping I/O ports
– Memory-mapped I/O
• I/O ports are mapped to the memory address space
– Reading/writing I/O is similar to reading/writing memory
» Can use memory read/write instructions
• Motorola 68000 and MIPS processors uses memory-mapped I/O
– Isolated I/O
• In these systems, I/O address space is separated from the memory
space.
• Requires special I/O instructions (like in to read data from I/O
port and out to write data to I/O port in Pentium)
• Intel 80x86 processors support isolated I/O
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Input/Output (cont’d)
• Pentium I/O address space
– Provides 64 KB I/O address space
– Can be used for 8-, 16-, and 32-bit I/O ports
– Combination cannot exceed the total I/O address
space
•
•
•
•
can have 64 K 8-bit ports
can have 32 K 16-bit ports
can have 16 K 32-bit ports
A combination of these for a total of 64 KB
– I/O instructions do not go through segmentation or
paging
• I/O address refers to the physical I/O address
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Performance: Data Alignment
• By using Data Alignment:
The processor can read data items in one read
cycle, and then internally assemble them.
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Performance: Data Alignment
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Performance: Data Alignment
(cont’d)
Sort time (seconds)
3
Unaligned
2
Aligned
1
0
5000
10000
15000
20000
25000
Array size
This figure shows the impact of data alignment on the sort time of the
bubble sort.
These results were obtained on a 2.4-GHz Pentium 4 processor system. The
unaligned sort time is approximately three times more than the aligned sort
time.
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Performance: Data Alignment
(cont’d)
• Data alignment
– Soft alignment
• Data is not required to be aligned
– Data alignment is optional
» Aligned data gives better performance
• Used in Intel IA-32 processors
– Hard alignment
• Data must be aligned
• Used in Motorola 680X0 and Intel i860 processors
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Performance: Data Alignment
(cont’d)
• Data alignment requirements for byte addressable
memories
– 1-byte data
• Always aligned
– 2-byte data
• A 16-bit data item is aligned if the data is stored at an even
address (i.e., at an address that is a multiple of 2 and the least
significant bit must be 0)
– 4-byte data
• A 32-bit data item is aligned if the data is stored at an address that
is a multiple of 4 and the least significant 2 bits must be 0)
– 8-byte data
• A 64-bit data item is aligned if the data is stored at an address that
is a multiple of 8 and the least significant 3 bits must be 0)
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