• Near review of CSCI 255
  • Number representation (chapter 1 Harris & Harris)
  • Combinational logic (chapter 2 Harris & Harris)
    • More Boolean algebra
    • Karnaugh maps
  • Sequential logic (chapter 3 Harris & Harris)
    • Timings with state machines
    • Parallel state machines
• Verilog hardware description language (chapter 4 Harris & Harris)
  • Registers and wires
  • Assignment — continuous and blocking
  • Use of always in sequential circuits
  • Modules
  • Testbenches
• Building block (chapter 5 Harris & Harris)
  • Arithmetic
  • Memory
• MIPS and IA-32 assembly language (chapter 6 Harris & Harris)
• Microarchitecture (chapter 7 Harris & Harris)
  • Pipelining
  • Branch prediction
  • Multiprocessors
• Exceptions and interrupts (chapter 9 Reese, Bruce & Jones)
• Memory (chapter 8 Harris & Harris)
• Hardware support for operating systems
  • Execution modes
  • Memory access control
• Embedded System I/O (chapter 10 Reese, Bruce & Jones)
• Personal computer I/O (chapter 8 Harris & Harris)