Part 1

 Intel x86/Pentium family  32-bit CISC processor  SUN SPARC and UltraSPARC  32- and 64-bit RISC processors  Java  C  C++  Java  Why Java?  Binaries are not portable nor can they be secured  Complexity of C++

 Java  How?  Bytecode (for hypothetical machine)  Moved around the web  Interpreted by JVM (Java Virtual Machine)  32-bit w/ 226 instructions (some complex)  JIT compilation  SUN Pico Java II family of chips  No JVM  Optional cache and fp unit  Example is micro Java 701  Used by embedded systems

 CPU  Central Processing Unit  Bus  collection of (parallel) wires for transmitting address, data, and control signals  Instruction format  opcode[operand1,…]  Opcode = operation code (e.g., add)  Operand = (optional) data upon which opcode is performed (e.g., add 12,r0 – add 12 to register 0 – 12 and r0 are the operands)

Tanenbaum, Structured Computer Organization, Fifth Edition, (c) 2006 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved The organization of a simple computer with one CPU and two I/O devices

 CU = control unit  Fetches instruction from main memory and determines their type  ALU = arithmetic logic unit  Performs operations such as add, subtract, or, etc.  Registers = small amount of high speed memory  Stores temp results and control info  Holds (only) one number  PC = program counter  Points to next instruction to be executed  PS = processor status (EFLAGS)

Tanenbaum, Structured Computer Organization, Fifth Edition, (c) 2006 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved The data path of a typical Von Neumann machine.

1. Register-to-register 2. Register-to-memory (or mem-to-reg)

Tanenbaum, Structured Computer Organization, Fifth Edition, (c) 2006 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved Fetch next instruction from memory into instruction register. 2. Change program counter to point to next instruction. 3. Determine type of instruction just fetched. 4. If instructions uses word in memory, determine where, and fetch word into CPU register. 5. Execute the instruction. 6. Go to step 1 (to begin executing next instruction). Very similar to the JVM (see

 A program that fetches, examines, and executes the instructions of another program.

Tanenbaum, Structured Computer Organization, Fifth Edition, (c) 2006 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved An interpreter for a simple computer (written in Java)....

Tanenbaum, Structured Computer Organization, Fifth Edition, (c) 2006 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved An interpreter for a simple computer (written in Java).

1. Specify microinstructions 2. Specify machine language 3. Implement in software, hardware, or hybrid

 Late 50’s and on…  IBM (dominant company) defines a family or “architecture”  Top end machines ($$$) execute all instructions in hardware.  Bottom end machines ($) interpret many instructions (and therefore run slowly)

 Benefits 1. Bugs (in instructions) can later be fixed. 2. One may add new instructions. 3. Supports development, testing, and documentation.  Big trend in 70s and 80s was towards CISC (complex instruction set computer) with hundreds of instructions.  (Author’s view of DEC is not “complete.” DEC saw the advantages of RISC and introduced the DEC Alpha processor which was much faster and more powerful than Intel processors.)

 70s – CISC simplified compiler design by closing the gap between HLL and architecture.  RISC = reduced instruction set computer  1980 – Patterson et Berkeley - SPARC  No interpreter – just hardware  1981 – Hennessy – MIPS

 Initial emphasis on quick instruction execution  Issuing (starting the execution of) many instructions in parallel is the key to good performance.  Small number of instructions (~50) compared with for CISC.  4 or 5 RISC instruction = 1 CISC instructions  But RISC can be 10x faster!  Evolution of compiler technology made this possible.

 So why hasn’t RISC beat Intel (CISC)?  Market momentum  Economy of scale  486 had a RISC core (for frequently executed instructions) w/ other instructions interpreted