CSE 520 Computer Architecture II - Spring 2026
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]
- L-07: Branch Prediction[pdf] [notes-pdf]
- L-06: Complex Pipelining: Superscalar[pdf] [notes-pdf]
- L-07: Complex Pipelining: VLIW [pdf] [notes-pdf]
Review Materials
These lecture notes are presented to ensure timely dissemination of the course material. Some of the slides may contain copyrighted materials.
