Lecture 4 – Register Transfer & Datapath Design, Control Unit Design, and Instruction Set Architecture (ISA)

Build the CPU from the ground up: ISA choices, RTL register transfers, single-cycle datapath, and hardwired vs microprogrammed control with examples. ISA vs Microarchitecture (what vs how) Register Transfer Level (RTL) Basics Registers: PC, general-purpose register file (e.g., 32 ×…



