CMSC 411: Computer Architecture

Useful Links

• Davis' Lecture Slides: A tarfile containing 4-per page notes in postscript, prepared by Dr. Davis for the CS561 course at the University of Utah. Also available as a Zip file.
• A Matter of Means
• Randy Katz's Lexture Slides
• H&P Web Resources
• Patterson & Hennessy Notes from University of Pennsylvania's Computer Architecture Course (CIS 501).

Saltz' Spring 1997 Web Page

• Scoreboard Algorithm
• Tomasulo's Algorithm

More Topics

• x86 Glossary of Terms
• Big-Endian vs. Little-Endian: On Holy Wars and A Plea for Peace.
• Neophyte's Guide to DLX
• Help with DLX
• Buffering and Pipelining
• Virtual Memory: Java Applet Step-Through
• Virtual Memory Underground
• Memory Architecture
• Departamento de Ingenieria Electronica, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana-Cali -- Estructura del Computador / Arquitectura I (en ingles)
  Another univerity's version of UMCP's CMSC411 (in English)
• 6th Generation CPU comparisons
• Math World
• P4 vs. G4e

• Toy * Benchmark * Analysis
• The Role of Benchmarks in Computer Architecture
• The Wonderful World of Buses
• Understanding the Delayed Branch
• Outer Gate: This is a in-depth look at memory and caches.
• x86: Evolution of an Architecture
• IA-64 The EPIC Instruction Set Architecture of the Future?
• Description of RISC
• Dynamic Scheduling
• Into the Fray with SIMD
• A Consumer's Guide to Modern Computer RAM
• Parallel Processors
• Mulitple Instruction Multiple Data (MIMD) Architecture
• A General Overview of Parallel Processing
• Basic Operation of a DLX Machine
• Escape from Reality
• RISCy Business: Intel's New IA-64 Architecture
• MMX Technology
• The Problem with Branching
• RAID - Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
• Instruction Set Architectures
• Spim Tutorial
• Empowered by MMX
• Pentium Pro Architecture
• Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
• Loop Unrolling Central
• Dynamically Scheduled Pipelines
• Explore the Heart of Your PC
• New from Summer '01:
• Introduction to the ARM System Architecture
• Plenty of information on cache
• FPGAs... what are they?
• Apple G4 architecture
• Combining code morphing and VLIW
• PC vs. PDA
• Internal Workings of the UltraSparc IIi
• An X-ploration of the X-box
• Another X-box webpage
• Nintendo Game Cube
• Tutorial on Networks
• Utterly Exciting DLX Overview
• MIPS 4000
• Loop Unrolling Information
• IBM Power PC-620
• Intel Pentium 4