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RISC vs EPIC vs CISC: comparativa de las arquitecturas

Thu, 08 Aug 2024 15:40:15 +0100

RISC vs EPIC vs CISC, estas son las diferencias entre estas arquitecturas para la CPU, así como las ventajas y desventajas de cada una

» Isaac | profesionalreview.com

Should you learn C to “learn how the computer works”?

Thu, 04 Oct 2018 06:24:00 +0100

I’ve often seen people suggest that you should learn C in order to learn how computers work. Is this a good idea? Is this accurate? I’m going to start with my conclusion right upfront, just to be crystal clear about what I’m saying here:

C is not “how the computer works.”

I don’t think most people mean this phrase literally, so that is sort of irrelevant.

Understanding the context means that learning C for this reason may still be a good idea for you, depending on your objectives.

» Steve Klabnik | steveklabnik.com

Preliminary discussion of the logical design of an electronic computing instrument

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 18:59:00 +0100

Arthur W. Burks / Herman H. Goldstine / John von Neumann

PART I

1. Principal components of the machine

1.1. Inasmuch as the completed device will be a general-purpose computing machine it should contain certain main organs relating to arithmetic, memory-storage, control and connection with the human operator. It is intended that the machine be fully automatic in character, i.e. independent of the human operator after the computation starts. A fuller discussion of the implications of this remark will be given in Sec. 3 below.

1.2. It is evident that the machine must be capable of storing in some manner not only the digital information needed in a given computation such as boundary values, tables of functions (such as the equation of state of a fluid) and also the intermediate results of the computation (which may be wanted for varying lengths of time), but also the instructions which govern the actual routine to be performed on the numerical data. In a special-purpose machine these instructions are an integral part of the device and constitute a part of its design structure. For an all-purpose machine it must be possible to instruct the device to carry out any computation that can be formulated in numerical terms. Hence there must be some organ capable of storing these program orders. There must, moreover, be a unit which can understand these instructions and order their execution.