References

Textbooks

Course notes are based on the following textbook references:

• P&H: Computer Organization and Design RISC-V Edition: The Hardware Software Interface, Second Edition. David A. Patterson and John L. Hennessy. ISBN 0128203315.
• K&R: The C Programming Language, Second Edition by Kernighan and Ritchie.
• WSC: The Datacenter as a Computer: An Introduction to the Design of Warehouse-Scale Machines. Luiz André Barroso, Jimmy Clidaras, Urs Hölzle. Morgan & Claypool Publishers. 2013

Review Notes by Topic

Number Representation

• Sean Farhat’s number rep notes
• Anusha’s number rep notes
• Allan Yu’s floating point notes

C

• Prof. Harvey’s notes on C
• Prof. Hilfinger’s notes on memory management

RISC-V

• Nick Riasanovsky’s calling convention notes
• Sruthi’s Verilog notes

SDS, Boolean Algebra, FSMs

• Prof. Wawryznek’s notes on state, blocks, SDS, and boolean logic