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Researchers at North Carolina State University developed a new computer architecture approach that permits use of new silicon chip packaging technologies and speeds up processing speed.
The Instruction Fetch Unit architecture uses multichip module technology to allow the top level memory in a computer, the first level cache, to be placed in a separate chip. This chip can then be built in a specialized semiconductor and thus be made faster than a normal cache that is built as part of the main computer chip.
By combining the first level cache and another critical unit, the branch prediction hardware, the entire computer can operate faster due to another reason. This combination means that the communications between the main computer chip and the IFU is one-way rather than two-way, speeding up the process.
