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Foil 23 von Neuman Architecture in a Nutshell

From New CPS615Master Foils-- 26 August 96 Basic Simulation Track for Computational Science CPS615 -- Fall Semester 96. by Geoffrey C. Fox


Instructions and data are stored in the same memory for which there is a single link (the von Neumann Bottleneck) to the CPU which decodes and executues instructions
The CPU can have multiple functional units
The memory access can be enhanced by use of caches made from faster memory to allow greater bandwidth and lower latency



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