Designing Computers and Digital Systems

Advance Computer Architecture Notes

This note covers the following topics: Principles of Processor Performance, RISC and CISC Architectures, Pipelining fundamentals, Pipeline Hazards, Superscalar Architecture, Super Pipelined Architecture, VLIW Architecture, Basic Multiprocessor Architecture, Flynn’s Classification, Array Processor, Vector Processors, Associative Processor, Systolic architecture, Hierarchical Memory Technology, Data Flow Computer Architecture, Static Data flow computer, Dynamic Data flow computer, Cluster computers, Distributed computing, Cloud computing.

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118 Pages

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

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Introduction to Computer Architecture Lecture Notes

Computer architecture is the science and art of selecting and interconnecting hardware components to create a computer that meets functional, performance and cost goals. In this note, students will learn how to completely design a correct single processor computer, including processor datapath, processor control, memory systems, and I/O. Topics covered includes: Performance, Instructions, Arithmetic, Datapath, Control, Exceptions, Pipelining, Caches, Memory and VM, Arithmetic, Multiprocessors.

Author(s): David A. Wood and T. A. Ramkumar Ravikumar

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Computer Architecture by University of Oslo

This note covers the following topics: Basics of computer architecture, Introduction to Digital Electronics, Binary Numbers, Boolean Algebra, Combinational Logic Circuits, Sequential Logic Circuits, Von Neumann Architecture, Optimizing Hardware Performance, Low-level programming, Programming in C, Character encodings, Assembly programming.

Author(s): Philipp Hafliger, Dag Langmyhr and Omid Mirmotahari

112 Pages

Computer System Architecture Lecture Notes

This note contains the study of the evolution of computer architecture and the factors influencing the design of hardware and software elements of computer systems. Topics covered includes: instruction set design, processor micro-architecture and pipelining, cache and virtual memory organizations, protection and sharing, I/O and interrupts, in-order and out-of-order superscalar architectures, VLIW machines, vector supercomputers, multithreaded architectures, symmetric multiprocessors, and parallel computers.

Author(s): Dr. Joel Emer, Prof. Krste Asanovic and Prof. Arvin

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Introduction to Computer Architecture Notes

This note will review fundamental structures in modern microprocessor and computer system architecture design. Topics covered includes: computer organization, instruction set design, memory system design, pipelining, and other techniques to exploit parallelism. It will also cover system level topics such as storage subsystems and basics of multiprocessor systems.

Author(s): David Brooks

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ComputerStructures Principles and Examples (by Daniel P. Siewiorek, C. Gordon Bell,Allen Newell)

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Designing Computers and Digital Systems

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