Computer architecture Question frequencies 2006-2007 RISC vs CISC general 3 Instruction format mips interpretation (to english) 2 optimization (delay slots) 4 calling convention performance clock speed and icp (cpi backwards) loop unrolling 2 cache replacement policy 2 addressing 4 general 2 VM 3 pipelining latency and throughput optimization forwarding memory heirarchy AMAT 6 CPI locality