ECS154A Final topics

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NOT A COMPREHENSIVE LIST! This is what I noted down during lecture when he says "Oh yea this is gonna be on the final"

Topics

Merging memory

Swap controller, sequence recognizer videos

ARM instructions in Chatper 7 and CPU assignment. Instruction format. ARM/Instruction format

Expect questions about whether datapath, control, and other stuff in the CPU conceptually needs to be changed based on stuff.

How cache works, AMAT calculation. Cache

Princeton vs. Harvard architecture. Princeton architecture

TLB structure and reasoning. Virtual memory