Computer Architecture - Resources

Lecture Notes and Textbooks

• Copies of my lecture notes.
  Course password required for access.

• Web pages for our textbook: publisher's homepage, companion site,
  Contains links to PDF versions of the appendices, and other bits and pieces of useful information.

Computer Architecture Resources at Other Sites

• Stanford's CPU database
  A huge repository of information about CPUs from a wide variety of manufacturers.

• Intel's ARK
  A wealth of information about Intel processors and chipsets.

• WWW Computer Architecture Page at the University of Wisconsin
  Lots of links to tools, simulators, people, conferences, etc.

• David Patterson's home page at Berkeley
  Co-author of our textbook; links to his courses, and other references.

Miscellaneous Local Documents

• The arch library:
  
  • A simple document describing the structure of the arch library: DVI, PostScript, PDF
    Last updated 2003/12/04
    
  • You may find answers to common questions about the arch library to be helpful.
  • A description of the arch library object module format may be useful if you want to build your own test programs.

• Computer Architecture: Design Using RTL, an introduction to the use of RTL in design (from 4003-352, Computer Organization).

• Computer Architecture: Microprogrammed Control Units, an introduction to microprogrammed design (from 4003-352, Computer Organization).

• CS4 style standards for C++ are available in HTML, PDF, and PostScript form.
  Note that these are only a guideline. For the most part, it's more important that your code be neat, clear, and (above all) consistant. I'm looking for:

  • reasonable length functions
  • program file headers with your name describing the contents of the file
  • function and class header documentation describing functionality, parameters, return values, etc.
  • in-line documentation of complex sections of code
  • clear and consistant indentation
  • Make sure your name is on every document and file you send to me!

• The course account "pub" directory

• The arch2-5a include files

• My architecture pub directory, /usr/local/pub/wrc/courses/arch, contains various things I've collected which may be useful.

• Jim Heliotis also has a public architecture directory which contains useful files for the "arch" package and this course. You'll find it at /usr/local/pub/jeh/courses/Architecture. Note that he places syllabi and handouts for his Architecture courses in this directory. Don't forget that they don't apply to my course!

  Also check out /usr/local/pub/jeh/courses/arch, which has (older) versions of "man pages" for the library. These are for an early version of arch2-2, so there are some differences; for example, the BusALU operations have slightly different names now.