Class Notes

These are for my benefit. They tell me what to talk about in class. They are by no means a substitute for:

• Attending class.
• Reading the book
• Taking your own notes.

Expected, i.e. tentative, topics/chapters:

Class notes will be placed here.

• Introduction (Carter Chapter 1, Jorgensen Chapter 1)
  • Overview of archetecture
  • A typical processor
  • Memory
• Bit operations (Carter Chapter 3)
• Circuits (Carter 3, Carpinelli chapter 2 and 3)
  • Intro to Digital
  • Intro to Transistors
  • Intro to Logic
  • NOT
  • Physical Chips
  • Other Operations
  • Truth Tables, Circuits and Equations
  • Minterms
• Data Representation (Jorgensen Chapter 3)
• Architecture (Jorgensen Chapter 2)
• Basic Assembly Language (Carter Chapter 2)
• Subprograms (Carter Chapter 4, Jorgensen Chapter 12)
• Arrays (Carter Chapter 5)
• Floating Point (Carter Chapter 6, Jorgensen Chapter 18)
• Structures and C++ (Carter Chapter 7)
• Interrupts (Jorgensen Chapter 20)
• Parallel Processing (Jorgensen Chapter 19)