The term fetch/execute is used to describe the process of sending and receiving data to/from the processor and memory (whether it be RAM (main memory) or cache).

The control unit controls the flow of data within the system.

Part one of this two-part article discussed current trends impacting the evolution of data processing architectures, including the implications of higher transistor budgets afforded by Moore’s Law, ...

You've probably heard the acronym CPU lots of times when you went out hunting for a laptop or desktop computer to buy. Quite often, the type of CPU in the device will be mentioned as part of the specs ...

In many embedded systems, but especially on mobile handsets, one of the most important resources other than processor execution time are the buses and external memory interfaces of a device. In this ...