A tiny nitpick, and I don't mean to be pedantic, but "in-flight" usually is used to describe an instruction in the functional units, not "in the pipeline". Oth

A tiny nitpick, and I don't mean to be pedantic, but "in-flight" usually is used to describe an instruction in the functional units, not "in the pipeline". Other than that it's a pretty good introductory article! If you'd like something a little heartier, but still not quite Hennessy and Patterson's QCA (although I highly recommend it), try this article: http://www.lighterra.com/papers/modernmicroprocessors/ http://www.lighterra.com/papers/modernmicroprocessors/