Introduction to Computer Architecture
Course Handout
The following materials are available for those in the cam.ac.uk domain. Lectures are being presented live. For videos - see below.
Laboratories
The ECAD+Arch laboratory sessions are loosely coupled to this lecture course. Please review the laboratory pages since there is a compulsory component.
Supervision Exercises
Recommended text
Computer Organization and Design - the hardware/software interface (RISC-V edition), Patterson and Hennessy, 2017.
Supervision Guide
Supervision exercises are available here: Supervision Questions (PDF). Supervisors can find sample answers on the supervisors tab.
Additional Material
- The RISC-V instruction set reference manual is available from the RISC-V foundation as a PDF
Past Exam Questions
Please note that the course used to be called Computer Design, so past exam questions are under that title: Past Exam Questions in Computer Design
Errata
Nothing here; let's hope it remains that way!