Capability Based Computer Systems

Computer Architecture Introduction

The note will review fundamental structures in modern microprocessor and computer system architecture design. Topics covered includes: CPU Performance and Metrics, Instruction Set Architecture, Implementation and Pipelining, Exceptions, Multi-cycle Ops, Dynamic Scheduling, Dynamic Branch Prediction, Multiple Issue and Speculation,Static Scheduling, Loop Unrolling, and Software Pipelining, Caches, Main Memory, Virtual Memory, Multiprocessors, Multithreading and I/O.

Author(s): Maxwell Dworkin

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Computer Architecture and Organization by Dr. R. M. Siegfried

This note explains the following topics: Number Systems and Arithmetic, Boolean Algebra, Karnaugh Maps, The Quine McCluskey Algorithm, Combinational Circuits, Synchronous Sequential Logic, Registers and Counters, Register Transfer and Micro operations, Basic Computer Organization and Design, Micro programmed Control, Floating Point Data, Pipeline and Vector Processing.

Author(s): Dr. R. M. Siegfried

NA Pages

Computer Architecture Lecture Notes by Seoul National University

This note covers the follolwing topics: MIPS Instruction Set Architecture, Basics of Datapath, Single-Cycle Implementation, Multi-cycle Implementation, Pipelined Data path and Control, Datapath and Control for Data and Control Hazards, Exception Handling and Advanced Pipelining, Memory Hierarchy, Virtual Memory, Storage and Other I/O , Multiprocessors, Arithmetic Circuits, Basic Computing Concept and Instruction Level Parallelism.

Author(s): Seoul National University

NA Pages

Architecture of High Performance Computers

This note will give an introduction to designing and programming high performance processors. Topics covered includes: Branch Prediction, renaming, precise interrupts, Register Renaming, Wakeup, Bypass, Broadcast, Load-Store Queue, Commit, Recovery from speculation: RRF and RRAT, SRAM vs CAM based checkpoint, ROB based OOO processor design Little's Law, Non-Selective and Deferred Selective Replay, SRAM and DRAM Cells, CAM Cells, Pentium Trace Cache, Date Prefetching, Cache Design with Cacti, NUCA Caches, Routing and Flow Control, Hardware Security, Flow Control, Coherence and Consistency, Coherence Protocols, Directory Coherence and Atomic Primitives, Memory Consistency Models.

Author(s): Dr. Smruti R. Sarangi

NA Pages

Computer Systems Architecture Handouts and Lecture Notes

This lecture note explains the basic principles and current practices of computer architectures and organizations, including instruction set design, pipelining, caching, virtual memory, and parallelism.

Author(s): Prof. Shantanu Dutt

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Computer Organization and Architecture Lecture Notes

This note covers the following topics: History Of Compuers, Machine Instruction Set, Instruction Pipelining, Processor Control Unit, Microprogrammed Control Unit.

Author(s): Shri Vishnu Engineering College For Women

90 Pages

Capability Based Computer Systems

This book is an introduction, a survey, a history,and an evaluation of capability-and object-based computer systems.This book explains the following topics: Capability- and Object-Based System Concepts, Early Descriptor Architectures, Early Capability Architectures, The Plessey System, The Cambridge CAP Computer, The Hydra System, The StarOS System, The IBM System/38, The Intel iAPX 432 and Issues in Capability-Based Architectures.

Author(s): Henry M. Levy

NA Pages

Computer Structures Readings amp; Examples

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