CSCE/RAIK 284H Foundations of Computer Systems

Lecture Notes

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Lecture 1: Introduction to Computer Systems

Lecture 2: Bits and Bytes

Lecture 3: Integers

Lecture 4: Floating Point

Lecture 5: Machine-Level Programming I: An Introduction

Lecture 6: Machine-Level Programming II: Control Flow

Lecture 7: Machine-Level Programming III: Procedures

Lecture 8: Machine-Level Programming IV: Structured Data

Lecture 9: Machine-Level Programming V: Wrap-up

Lecture Notes on Intel Architecture

Supplementary Reading Material from Intel:

Basic Execution Environment

Procedure Calls, Interrupts, and Exceptions

Data Types and Addressing Modes

Instruction Set Summary

Intel Architecture Software Developer's Manual Volume 1: Basic Architecture -- Most of the relevant information for this class is in the four preceding documents.

Intel Architecture Software Developer's Manual Volume 2: Instruction Set Reference -- I do not think you will need this document. The above Instruction Set Summary document should be sufficient.

Intel Architecture Software Developer's Manual Volume 3: Systems Programming -- Chapters 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8 are very usefull (especially Chapter 2). I would ignore the other chapters of this 658 page document for now.

Lecture 10: Processor Architecture I: Y86 ISA

Lecture 11: Processor Architecture II: Logic Design

Lecture 12: Processor Architecture III: Sequential Implementation

Lecture 13: Processor Architecture IV: Pipelined Implementation

Lecture 14: Processor Architecture V: Making the Pipelined Implementation Work

Lecture 15: Processor Architecture VI: Wrap-Up of Pipelined Design and Implementation

Lecture 16: Exceptional Control Flow I

Lecture 17: Exceptional Control Flow II

Lecture 18: Memory Hierarchy

Lecture 19: Cache Memories

Lecture 20: Linking

Lecture 21: Virtual Memory

Lecture 22: System Level I/O

Lecture 23: Internetworking

Lecture 24: Network Programming

Lecture 25: Web Services