CS252: Reading Assignment #3 Due Monday, January 30th

1. Implementation of Precise Interrupts in Pipelined Processors, James Smith and Andrew Pleszkun. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA) 1985. See ISCA Retrospective
2. Instruction Issue Logic for High-Performance, Interruptable Pipelined Processors, Gurindar Sohi and Sriram Vajapeyam. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA) 1987. See ISCA Retrospective
   

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Write one paragraph comparing and contrasting the various approaches for handling precise interrupts. Make sure to explain any differences you see in the approaches from these two papers

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