Lecture Notes

Lecture notes will be posted in advance to lectures so you can print and bring them to class:

• Module R1: Course Introduction; A Brief History of Computer Architecture [pdf] [notes-pdf]
• Module R2: Review: Computer Organization & Assembly Language [pdf] [notes-pdf]
• Module R3: Review: RISC-V ISA and Assembly Programming I [pdf] [notes-pdf]
• Module R4: Review: RISC-V ISA and Assembly Programming II [pdf] [notes-pdf]
• Module 1: Influence of Technology and Software on ISA Design [pdf] [notes-pdf]
• Module 1: Instruction Set Architecture Design: RISC vs. CISC vs. VLIW [pdf] [notes-pdf]