CSCE 230: Computer Organization, Fall 2009

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UNL Resources:	UNL UNL Libraries IEEE Digital Library ACM Digital Library WAM! What Aboute Me Blackboard (My.unl.edu Academic Portal) CSE Department CSE Academic Integrity Policy CSE Computing Policy Student Organizations
Books and Online Sources: .	Textbook Companion Site Other Course Web Pages Using Our Textbook CSE 331, Fall 2007, Computer Organization and Design, course at Penn State by Mary Jane Irwin CS61C Spring 2008, Machine Structures, course at UCB by Dan Garcia Textbook Appendices (Available on Blackboard under Course Documents): Espresso man pages: command description and input file format CiteSeer (Scientific Literature Digital Library, primarily online CSE material) Lectures in the History of Computing by Professor Tim Bergin of American U., D.C. A. W. Burks, H. H. Goldstine, and J. von Neumann, "Preliminary discussion of the logical design of an electronic computing instrument", the historical 1946 paper on computer design referenced extensively in the textbook. "Can Programming be liberatated from the von-Neumann Style", by John Backus, 1977 Turing Award lecture from CACM, August 1978. International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) Reports Manual pages for Espresso command and Espresso file format RAMP: An interesting project on how the current FPGA technology can be deployed to build a parallel HW/SW platform. Low-Power Architecture, presentation by W. J. Dally at International Solid State Circuits Conference, 2005. VLSI Architecture: Past, Present, and Future, presentation by W. J. Dally at 1999 Advanced Research in VLSI Architecture (ARVLSI) Conference.
Technical Communication: .	Tips on Presenting Technical material (Links courtesy of Professor Steve Scott) Resources for Technical Writing (Professor Steve Goddard) A Handbook for Scholars by Mary-Claire van Leunen Full text of the original The Elements of Style by Strunk. IEEE Computer Society Style Guide
Professional Organizations: .	ACM ACM (UNL Chapter) Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) IEEE Computer Society IEEE (UNL Chapter)
Fun Stuff:	"There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom" transcript of the classsic talk, on what is now known as nanotechnology, that Richard Feynman gave on Dec. 29, 1959.