Advances in hardware technology have made it possible for microprocessors to execute a large number of instructions concurrently (i.e., in parallel). These microprocessors take advantage of the opportunity to execute instructions in parallel to increase the execution speed of a program. As in other forms of parallel processing, the performance of these microprocessors can vary greatly depending...

This paper investigates the advantages of teaching PICMicro® microcontrollers over the traditional teaching approach using full-blown microprocessors. Traditionally, most schools have taught the undergraduate microprocessor class using full-blown microprocessors such as the Z80, 68000, 8051, and the 68HC11. Although these microprocessors have been widely used in microcomputers and microcontroll...

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When microprocessors are used in a safety critical application, the software can be responsible for safety functions. Furthermore, software is also responsible for the implementation of the Fault Cover Factor, especially hardware faults. In this paper are discussed some important aspects that must be considered in a safety analysis work. Also it’s proposed a methodology to be considered in crit...

This report serves two purposes: To introduce and validate the Execution-Cache-Memory (ECM) performance model and to provide a thorough analysis of current Intel processor architectures with a special emphasis on Intel Xeon HaswellEP. The ECM model is a simple analytical performance model which focuses on basic architectural resources. The architectural analysis and model predictions are showca...