Top "Cpu-architecture" questions

The hardware microarchitecture (x86, x86_64, ARM, ...) of a CPU or microcontroller.

Difference between core and processor

What is the difference between a core and a processor? I've already looked for it on Google, but I'm just …

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What is the difference between Trap and Interrupt?

What is the difference between Trap and Interrupt? If the terminology is different for different systems, then what do they …

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how much memory can be accessed by a 32 bit machine?

What is meant by 32bit or 64 bit machine? It’s the processor architecture…a 32 bit machine can read and write 32…

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What's the difference between a word and byte?

I've done some research. A byte is 8 bits and a word is the smallest unit that can be addressed on …

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Write-back vs Write-Through caching?

My understanding is that the main difference between the two methods is that in "write-through" method data is written to …

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Difference between x86, x32, and x64 architectures?

Please explain the difference between x86, x32 and x64? Its a bit confusing when it comes to x86 and x32 …

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What is difference between sjlj vs dwarf vs seh?

I can't find enough information to decide which compiler should I use to compile my project. There are several programs …

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Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64 on Xcode 6.1

All of a sudden Xcode threw me this error at compilation time: Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64: "_OBJC_CLASS_$_Format", …

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Line size of L1 and L2 caches

From a previous question on this forum, I learned that in most of the memory systems, L1 cache is a …

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Maximum memory which malloc can allocate

I was trying to figure out how much memory I can malloc to maximum extent on my machine (1 Gb RAM 160 …

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