PROCESSOR DISSECTION REPORT

An in-depth investigation of Intel Core i3-8300 and ARM Cortex R5 processors(one from CISC architecture and the other from RISC architecture) covering the areas given below:

• Instruction Set Architecture of the Processor (Instruction Set, Instruction classes and Instruction Format)
• Micro-Architecture (Data Path and the Controller)
• ALU functions
• Cache Memory and Memory Interfacing
• Timing related to Memory

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Composed by,

1. SIRITHUNGA M.R.A.
2. SOMARATHNE P.M.P.H.
3. THALAGALA B.P.

Dissected processors

Intel Core i3-8300

Core i3-8300 is a desktop processor released in Q'2 of 2018 by Intel Corporation. It is based on Coffee Lake microarchitecture and manufactured using 14nm process. This processor is developed as a low-end performance processor with four cores, 4 threads, 3.7GHz base frequency, 8MB Intel Smart Cache and 62 W Thermal Design Power(TDP).

ARM Cortex R5

Cortex-R5 is a 32-bit processor by Arm Holdings, optimized for embedded real-time mission critical applications. The processor was introduced in 2011.

Referenes

1. Arm architecture reference manual(armv7-a and armv7-r edition)
2. Arm cortex-r series programmer's guide
3. Coffee Lake - Microarchitectures - Intel - WikiChip
4. Cortex-r5 technical reference manual
5. Denition of microarchitecture
6. Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Developer's Manual: Vol. 2A
7. Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Optimization Reference Manual
8. Intel® Core™ i3-8300 Processor (8M Cache, 3.70 GHz) Product Specications
9. Introduction to x64 Assembly
10. Kaby Lake - Microarchitectures - Intel - WikiChip
11. Skylake (client) - Microarchitectures - Intel - WikiChip
12. Software Techniques for Shared-Cache Multi-Core Systems
13. How Microprocessors Work
14. ARM Cortex-R
15. Arm Ltd. Cortex-R5