System Architecture 463 - Lecture Notes

Key Lecture Outlines Topic Notes
  • Architectural overview.
    ClassReadings
    Introduction Reading 1
    Reading 2
    Reading 3
  • Data Representation
    Data Representation Normalizing Data
    Real Data Representation Min/Max Float Limit
  • Digital logic level.
    Transistors General Memory Circiuts
    Boolean Rules Read Only Memory
    Compound Circiuts Random Access Memory
  • Micro-Architectural level.
    CPU architectures Pipelining Issues
    Time Units Pipeline Techniques
    Fetch/Execute example CPU structure
    RISC/CISC
  • Cacheing.
    Cache Overview Cache notes 1
    Cache Details Cache notes 2
    Memory Units
  • Instruction Set Architecture.
    Instruction design
  • Effective address
  • Example
  • Interrupts
    		• ISA recognized data types
    Cpu/isa overview notes
    ISA Effective Addressing
  • Input/Output Secondary storage
    I/O Overview
    I/O Interaction
    Hard Drives
    RAID
    		 CDROM
    DVDROM
    DVD-copy protection
    Removable
    Video
  • Bus Issues.
    Data storage & transfer
    Error catching
    Signals
    Bus basics
    Bus Types
    		 PCI, PCIe
    IDE (PATA)
    SATA
    USB
    IEEE 488
    SCSI
  • Chapter 11 - Network
    Overview
    Local Area Network
    ISO-OSI and TCP
    Internet
    Frames and Packets
    		 Overview
    Local Area Network
    Internet
    TCP/IP
    Frames and packets