Computer Architecture

Overview

This course aims at introducing the concept of Computer Architecture. It involves design aspects, and deals with the current trends in Computing Architecture and Organisation. It mostly focuses on MIPS architecture whereas topics such as Computer Arithmetic, Datapath design, Pipelining, Memory Organisation and I/O Organisation are given utmost attention. The course also features lab tutorials mostly based upon MIPS Assembly and Verilog HDL.

Navigation

• Prerequisites

• Textbooks

• Code

• Videos

• Websites

• Articles

Prerequisites

This course has the following prerequisites:

• Microprocessors & Interfacing

Textbooks

Title	Author(s)	Edition
Computer Organization and Design	Patterson, D.A. & J.L. Hennessy	5th (2014)
Computer Architecture A Quantitative Approach	J.L. Hennessy & Patterson, D.A.	6th (2019)
Advanced Computer Architecture : Parallelism, Scalability, Programmability	Kai Hwang, Naresh Jotwani	2nd (2011)
Essentials of Computer Architecture	Douglas Comer	2nd (2017)
Inside the machine : An Illustrated Introduction to Microprocessors and Computer Architecture	Jon Stokes	1st (2007)
Computer Organization and Design Solutions	David A. Patterson, John L. Hennessy	5th (2014)
MIPS Assembly Language Programming	Robert Britton	1st (2008)
Verilog HDL: A Guide to Digital Design and Synthesis	Samir Palnitkar	2nd (2003)
Computer System Architecture	Morris Mano	3rd (1992)
Solution Manual to Accompany Computer System Architecture	Morris Mano	3rd (1992)
Structured Computer Organization	Tanenbaum	6th (2013)
Computer Organization & Architecture: Designing for Performance	William Stallings	10th (2016)

Code

• computer-architecture-lab-programs, DBAD

Videos

• MIPS Assembly Programming Tutorial, Amell Peralta

• MIPS Assembly Architecture/Data path Tutorial, q liu

• Computer Architecture Lecture Series, Carnegie Mellon University

• Advanced CPU Designs, CrashCourse CS

• Computer Architecture, Princeton

Websites

• Computer Organization and Architecture Tutorials, GeeksforGeeks

• Computer Architecture course, CCSU

Articles

• MIPS Assembly Instruction set, Elseiver

• MIPS Reference, Elseiver