Great Ideas in Computer Architecture

Table of Content

1. [Course Info] web1
2. Great Ideas of Computer Architecture

• 6 Great Ideas of Computer Architecture
• Representing Instructions in the Computer
• IEC prefixing system
• Checklist 1

3. Introduction to C programming language

• History of C programming language
• Properties of C
• Helpful resources for C
• Checklist 2

4. Introduction to Assembly Language

• Introduction to MIPS
• Ideas from MIPS
• Underlying Principles of Hardware Design

5. Below Abstraction Barrier: Machine Interpretation

• Introduction to Synchronous Digital Systems
• Representations of Combinational Logic Circuits
• Combinational Logic Blocks

6. Below Abstraction Barrier: The Basic of Logic Design

• The Basics of Logic Design
• Representations of Combinational Logic Circuits
• Combinational Logic Blocks
• Introduction to Synchronous Digital Systems
• State Elements: Circuits That Remember
• Checklist 3

7. General References