Computer Architecture: Pipelines and Memory

A processor pipeline overlaps stages of multiple instructions, much like an assembly line.

Follow the key state changes and boundary checks involved in instruction pipelines and dependency hazards.

Branches make program control depend on data.

An interactive concept flow for branch prediction and exposing parallel work, from its assumptions through the main operation and boundary checks.

Processors use a hierarchy of storage because small, nearby storage can be accessed faster than large, distant storage.

Follow the key state changes and boundary checks involved in why memory locality matters.

An interactive concept flow for why memory locality matters, from its assumptions through the main operation and boundary checks.

Compare row-wise and column-wise matrix traversal and connect address order to cache-line reuse and measured misses.

Explain the model, execution steps, complexity, and limits of why memory locality matters.