Chapter 1 Architecture and Implementation 1.1 Analogy:Piano Architecture 1.2 Types of Computer Languages 1.3 Why Study Assembly Language? 1.4 Prefixes for Binary Multiples 1.5 Instruction Set Architectures 1.6 The Life Cycle of Computer Architectures 1.6.1 The 32-Bit Intel Architecture and Its Predecessors 1.6.2 The Alpha Architecture and Its Predecessors 1.6.3 The Itanium Architect