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
This note covers the following topics, Fundamentals of Computer Design, Basic Organization of a Computer, Instruction Set Design, Addressing Modes, CPU Implementation, Interrupts, The Memory Hierarchy, Virtual Memory.
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.