In computer science and engineering, computer architecture is the practical art of defining the structure and relationship of the subcomponents of a computer. As in architecting buildings, the definition of an arcitecture can comprise many levels of information.The highest level of the definition conveys the concepts to be implemented, whereas in building architecture this over-view is normally visual, in computer architecture it is primarily log...
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In computer science and engineering, computer architecture is the practical art of defining the structure and relationship of the subcomponents of a computer. As in architecting buildings, the definition of an arcitecture can comprise many levels of information.The highest level of the definition conveys the concepts to be implemented, whereas in building architecture this over-view is normally visual, in computer architecture it is primarily logical, positing a conceptual system which would serve a intended purposes. In both instances (building and computer), there are many levels of detail needed to completely specify a given implementation. As in building architecture, some of these details are often implied, as they are regarded as common practice.
While the history of computer design is complex, perhaps the best known early example of an architectural definition of a computer is that of John VonNeumann, who, in 1945, in a paper entitled "First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC",...
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