CMIS 310 University of Maryland Computer Systems and Architectures Essay

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Computer Science

CMIS 310

University of Maryland Global Campus

CMIS

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Course Goal/Objective

Describe how concepts such as RISC, pipelining, cache memory, and virtual memory have evolved over the past 25 years to improve system performance.

Instructions

In this short research paper, you will investigate the evolution of and current trends in improving system performance with concepts such as RISC, pipelining, cache memory, and virtual memory. In this paper you must, as part of your conclusion, explicitly state the concept or approach that seems most important to you and explain your selection.

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Your paper should be written using APA style. It should be no more than five pages long, but no less than three pages long. The font size should be 12 point, with one-inch margins and double spacing.

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Running head: RECENT ADVANCEMENTS IN COMPUTER SYSTEM PERFORMANCE

Recent Advancements in Computer System Performance
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Recent advancements in computer system performance
Technology has been advancing at a tremendous rate. In 1965, Gordon Moore predicted
that computing power would double every two years. While some experts feel that this law will
be dead in the mid-2020s based on recent technological advancements, recent studies have
proved the validity of Moore’s law (Mollick, 2006; Shalf, 2020). This advancement in computing
power has been necessitated by how the (micro)processor handles instructions, communicates
with other components within the computer, and shares memory with other components. Most
recent advancements have been recorded in the past 2-3 decades following the transition from the
larger, slow mainframes to the smaller, portable, and affordable microcomputers (Null & Lobur,
2015). Processing and memory management technologies have become an area of interest to
computer experts and researchers in the recent past. Some of the most important areas of the
recent technological revolution include the reduced instruction set computing (RISC), pipelining,
cache memory, and virtual memory. This essay explores how RISC, pipelining, cache memory,
and virtual memory have evolved during the past twenty-five years, from which a choice will be
made concerning which among the four concepts is the most important.
Recent Advancements in RISC
RISC is a form of computing that emerged as a replacement for the complex instruction
set computing (CISC). RISC is described as a computing architecture that capitalizes on small,
highly optimized instruction set with a larger number of registers that necessitates a smaller
number of clock cycles per instruction by having a smaller number of instructions access the
memory (Null & Lobur, 2015). This technology emerged in the 1980s as a chip with simpler
compilers to process the assembly language. Throughout the 1980s and the 1990s, RISC became
popular with leading tech companies such as Apple and IBM since they were confident that the
technology would enable them to increase their computing power through a smaller, efficient, and

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affordable cheap. While the earlier RISC processors had many transistors that made their size
relatively large, continued research and development saw this size reduced by a smaller margin.
The ability of tech giants to produce 2nd generation RISC chips at a lower cost is widely
attributed to the sharp decline in the cost of the personal computer in the 1990s and the 2000s and
the increased usage of personal computers. By the early 2010s, RISC was already in its 5th
generation that saw the emergence of the more optimized instruction set architecture (ISA).
According to Null and Lobur (2015), ISA-I and ISA-II RISC models that emerged in the mid2010s were meant to increase computing power within a smaller chip to extend small embedded
processors into supercomputers. These advancements were further necessitated by emerging
technologies that demand fa...


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