General structure of microprocessors; microprocessor architecture; memory hierarchy; pipelining; reduced instruction set computer (RISC) principles; the Intel x86 family; the Pentium; the i486 and i386 microprocessors; the Motorola M68000 family; the MC680x0 architecture; the MC68060 and MC68040; earlier MC68000 family processors; advanced RISC microprocessors; the PowerPC family; the Sun SPARC family; the MIPS Rx000 family; the Intel i860 family; the Motorola M88000 family; the HP Precision Architecture (PA) family; system development; system comparison; concluding comments.
