As IC densities increase, lots of memory will fit on processor chip ... What makes RAM different from a bunch of flip-flops? Density: RAM is much more denser ...
A bus master must signal to the arbiter after finish using the bus ... arbiter can disconnect by deasserting GNT. Delayed (pended, split-phase) transactions ...
op rs rt rd shamt funct. Can you guess what the field names stand for? ... create hard-wired registers (like $zero) for constants like one. MIPS Instructions: ...
... code uses 10 million Class A instructions, 1. million Class B instructions, and 1 million Class C instructions. ... Or, typical of expected class of applications ...
Pentium bug appearance ... June 1994: Intel discovers bug in Pentium: takes months to make change, reverify, ... 200,000 cost in June to repair design ...