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Floating point representation: IEEE 754 format and arithmetic explained
Computers store real numbers in a fixed number of bits, so they cannot store every real number exactly. Floating point packs a huge range of magnitudes into 32 or 64 bits by trading away some precision, and IEEE 754 is the standard almost every processor follows. This topic is a dependable source of encoding and precision questions, all resting on the same field layout and normalization rule.
Updated 16 Jul 20266 min read330 viewsComputer Organization & Architecture
Pipelining in Computer Architecture: the 5-stage pipeline, speedup, and hazards
Pipelining in computer architecture: the 5-stage pipeline, speedup and throughput formulas, CPI, structural, data and control hazards, and forwarding.
Updated 25 Jul 20265 min read65 viewsComputer Organization & Architecture
Cache memory: mapping techniques and hit ratio, with the exam angle
Cache memory explained: the memory hierarchy, locality, direct, associative and set-associative mapping, plus a worked hit-ratio and access-time example.
11 Jul 20266 min read240 viewsComputer Organization & Architecture