Lecture Notes

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

• L-1A: Review: A Brief History of Computer Systems [pdf] [notes-pdf]
• L-1B: Review: Computer Organization & Assembly Language Programming [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-3A: Review: Central Processing Unit (CPU) Architecture Design [pdf] [notes-pdf]
• L-03: Processor Pipelining [pdf] [notes-pdf]
• L-04: Structural, Data and Control Hazards [pdf] [notes-pdf]
• L-05: Hazard Resolution [pdf] [notes-pdf]
• L-06: CPU Performance Evaluation[pdf] [notes-pdf]

Review Materials

• L-3A1: Review: RISC-V ISA Simulator [pdf] [notes-pdf]
• L-3A2: Review: RISC-V ISA [pdf] [notes-pdf]

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