Class Notes

• Syllabus
• Chapter 1, Introduction
  • Overview
  • Basic Terms
  • A Quick History Of Computing
  • Vacuum tubes, transistors, ...
  • Moore's Law
  • Conclusions
• Chapter 2, Data Representation
  • Integers
  • Notes from 1-29 Thanks to Nick Sullivan.
  • Floating Point
  • Some Code
  • Other Systems
• Chapter 3, Boolean Algebra and Digital Logic
  • Using TK Gate
  • Introduction to Boolean Logic
  • Combinational Circuits
  • K maps
  • Sequential Circuits
  • Memory
• Chapter 4, MARIE, An Introduction to a Simple Computer
  • Intro to Marie
  • Using My Simulator
  • The State Machine, Part 1
  • Marie Implementation Details
  • Finish Chapter 4
• Chapter 6, Memory
  • Cache
• Chapter 5
  • Load/Store
  • Pipeline Hazards
• April 22 Presentations
  • Barrie Cotti, Photolithography
  • Yoriko Higa, Hardware Implementation of Multiplication
  • Maulik Soni, Intel 8088 and 8086
  • Matt Devore, Evolution of Cache
• April 27 Presentations
  • Mariana Pop, CPU Optimizations
  • Jeff Bello, TBA
  • Jay Shah, An Electronic Lock With a 3 Number Combination
  • Shawn Gable, Low Cost Cluster Implementations.