# CPUs and Architecture

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Updated: 2026-05-15T22:19:32.097Z
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## Summary

A central processing unit fetches an instruction from memory, decodes it, executes it, and writes the result. Then it does the same with the next instruction. It does this several billion times a second, on a die smaller than a fingernail, dissipating less power than a light bulb. Key sections include: CPUs & Architecture.; Opening What a CPU is.; Chapter I Von Neumann.; Chapter II The transistor and Moore's law.; Chapter III The Intel 4004.; Chapter IV The x86 dynasty.; Chapter V RISC.; Chapter VI Pipelining.; Chapter VII Superscalar & out-of-order.; Chapter VIII Branch prediction..

## Slide Outline

1. CPUs & Architecture.
2. Opening What a CPU is.
3. Chapter I Von Neumann.
4. Chapter II The transistor and Moore's law.
5. Chapter III The Intel 4004.
6. Chapter IV The x86 dynasty.
7. Chapter V RISC.
8. Chapter VI Pipelining.
9. Chapter VII Superscalar & out-of-order.
10. Chapter VIII Branch prediction.
11. Chapter IX Cache hierarchy.
12. Chapter X Cache coherence.
13. Chapter XI SIMD.
14. Chapter XII The multicore turn.
15. Chapter XIII ARM.
16. Chapter XIV Apple Silicon.
17. Chapter XV RISC-V.
18. Chapter XVI The GPU.
19. Chapter XVII Nvidia.
20. Chapter XVIII Spectre and Meltdown.
21. Chapter XIX Power and thermals.
22. Chapter XX Memory and DRAM.
23. Chapter XXI The SoC.
24. Chapter XXII TSMC and the foundries.
25. Chapter XXIII Quantum and neuromorphic.
26. Chapter XXIV AI accelerators.
27. Chapter XXV Hennessy and Patterson.
28. Chapter XXVI The next decade.
29. Chapter XXVII Twenty essentials.
30. Chapter XXVIII Watch & read.
31. Chapter XXIX Names to know.
32. The end of the deck.

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