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Difference between CPU architecture and ISA
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Difference between CPU architecture and ISA
Kaze
over 1 year ago
This is a simple question for others, but I'm still a little confused
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Ronan Synnott
over 1 year ago
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Hello. They are related, but I would separate them like this: CPU architecture defines the hardware... how the processor works. This includes basic things such as how values are calculated, to more...
Ronan Synnott
over 1 year ago
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Yes, microarchitecture describes different implementations of the same architecture. For example, different pipeline lengths of the Cortex-M3 vs Cortex-M7.
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