CSE 420 Computer Architecture I - Spring 2022
Lecture Notes
Lecture notes will be posted in advance to lectures so you can print and bring them to class:
- LR-1: Review: A Brief History of Computer Systems [pdf] [notes-pdf]
- LR-2: Review: Assembly Language Programming - I [pdf] [notes-pdf]
- LR-2S: Supplement: Browser-based RISC-V Simulator [pdf]
- LR-3: Review: Assembly Language Programming - II [pdf] [notes-pdf]
- LR-4: Review: Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) [pdf] [notes-pdf]
- LR-5: Review: RISC-V ISA [pdf] [notes-pdf]
- L-01: Influence of Technology and Software on Instruction Sets [pdf] [notes-pdf]
- L-02: Intel Pin introduction [pdf] [notes-pdf]
- L-03: Central Processing Unit (CPU) Architecture Design [pdf] [notes-pdf]
- L-04: Processor Pipelining [pdf] [notes-pdf]
- L-05: Structural, data and control hazards [pdf] [notes-pdf]
- L-06: Hazard Resolution [pdf] [notes-pdf]
- L-07: CPU Performance Evaluation [pdf] [notes-pdf]
- L-08: Branch Prediction [pdf] [notes-pdf]
- L-09: Complex Pipelining: Superscalar I [pdf] [notes-pdf]
- L-10: Complex Pipelining: Superscalar II [pdf] [notes-pdf]
- L-11: Memory organization [pdf] [notes-pdf]
- L-12: Caching Principles [pdf] [notes-pdf]
- L-13: Advanced Memory Operations [pdf] [notes-pdf]
- L-14: Input/Output and Interrupt Support System [pdf] [notes-pdf]
- L-15: Cache Coherence [pdf] [notes-pdf]
- L-16: Cache Coherence Protocols [pdf] [notes-pdf]
- L-14: On-Chip Interconnect Networks [pdf] [notes-pdf]
- L-18: On-Chip Networking [pdf] [notes-pdf]
- L-19: Note on Multithreading Architectures [pdf] [notes-pdf]
These lecture notes are presented to ensure timely dissemination of the course material. Some of the slides may contain copyrighted materials.
