Computer Architecture

Lecture Notes, Study Materials and Important questions answers

Subject : Computer Architecture

OVERVIEW and INSTRUCTIONS
1. Eight Ideas - Answer (click here)
2. Components of a Computer System - Answer (click here)
3. Technology in Computer Architecture - Answer (click here)
4. Computer Architecture: Performance - Answer (click here)
5. Computer Architecture: Power Wall - Answer (click here)
6. Uniprocessors to Multiprocessors - Answer (click here)
7. Computer Architecture: Instructions - Answer (click here)
8. Computer Architecture: Operations and Operands - Answer (click here)
9. Computer Architecture: Representing Instructions - Answer (click here)
10. Computer Architecture: Logical and Control Operations - Answer (click
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11. Computer Architecture: Addressing and Addressing Modes - Answer (click
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ARITHMETIC OPERATIONS
1. Arithmetic Operations: Arithmetic and Logic Unit (ALU) - Answer (click
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2. Arithmetic Operations: Addition and Subtraction - Answer (click here)
3. Arithmetic Operations: Multiplication - Answer (click here)
4. Arithmetic Operations: Division - Answer (click here)
5. Floating Point Operations - Answer (click here)
6. Arithmetic Operations: Sub Word Parallelism - Answer (click here)

PROCESSOR AND CONTROL UNIT

1. Basic MIPS Implementation - Answer (click here)
2. Building Data Path and Control Implementation Scheme - Answer (click
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3. Pipelining - Answer (click here)
 4. Pipelined Data Path and Control - Answer (click here)
5. Handling Data Hazards & Control Hazards - Answer (click here)
6. Exceptions in Processor and Control Unit - Answer (click here)

PARALLELISM
1. Instruction-Level-Parallelism - Answer (click here)
2. Parallel Processing Challenges - Answer (click here)
3. Flynn's Classification - Answer (click here)
4. Hardware in Parallelism - Answer (click here)

MEMORY AND IO SYSTEMS

1. Memory Hierarchy - Answer (click here)
2. Memory Technologies - Answer (click here)
3. Cache Basics - Answer (click here)
4. Measuring and Improving Cache Performance - Answer (click here)
5. Virtual Memory - Answer (click here)
6. TLBS- Input/Output System - Answer (click here)
7. Programmed I/O - Answer (click here)
8. DMA and Interrupts - Answer (click here)
9. I/O Processors - Answer (click here)
10. Glossary - Computer Architecture - Answer (click here)