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• Harris, S., Harris, D., Digital Design and Computer Architecture - ARM Edition, Morgan Kaufmann, Waltham, MA, 2016, ISBN: 978-0-12-800056-4

  

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WEEK	MAJOR TOPIC	TEXTBOOK READING	TEXTBOOK PRACTICE PROBLEMS	LECTURE SLIDESETS
1	System Level Architecture	Lecture Notes	2	Architecture Basics
2	ARM Assembly Language	C6.1 - C6.3.7	2	Instruction Sets - Introdution Instruction Binary Numbers
3	ARM Assembly Language	C6.1 - C6.3.7	6, 7, 8, 16, 17, 18, 19	ARMv4 Instructions
4	ARM Machine Language	C6.4 - C6.4.6	10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15	ARMv4 Machine Code Hand Assembly Practice Sheets
5	Single-cycle Processor Design	C7.1 - C7.3.4	1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8	Accessing Memory, SCP Microarchitecture
6	Multi-cycle Processor Design	C7.4 - C7.4.3	11, 12, 13, 14, 15
7	Pipelined Processor Design	C7.5 - C7.5.4	IQ1, IQ2, IQ3	Pipeline Basics , Pipelining In Detail
8	Pipelined Processor Design	C7.5 - C7.5.4	28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 39	Think about Pipelines
9	Memory Systems	C8.1 - C8.3	1, 2
10	Memory Systems	C8.1 - C8.3	5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15	Memory Basics
11	FINAL EXAM	comprehensive textbook review	none	Final Exam Review Hints