Width in the sense of how many instructions can be executed at the same time. If you’re really interested in this it might be worth finding a copy of the Patte

Width in the sense of how many instructions can be executed at the same time. If you’re really interested in this it might be worth finding a copy of the Patterson and Hennessy book. It’s a big read and expensive (but older versions are on the internet archive [1]) and covers all these design issues in quite a lot of detail. [1] https://archive.org/details/ComputerArchitectureAQuantitativeApproach4thEdition https://archive.org/details/ComputerArchitectureAQuantitativ...