Difference between CPU architecture and ISA

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  Ronan Synnott 1 month ago +2 verified
  Hello. They are related, but I would separate them like this: CPU architecture defines the hardware... how the processor works. This includes basic things such as how values are calculated, to more...
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  Ronan Synnott 29 days ago in reply to Kaze +1 suggested
  Yes, microarchitecture describes different implementations of the same architecture. For example, different pipeline lengths of the Cortex-M3 vs Cortex-M7.