CS155
Computer Organization

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• Babylonian and Egyptian mathematics
• Biography: George Boole (1815-1864), examples of Boolean algebra
• Biography: De Morgan (1806-1871)
• Early Computing Machines
• The Abacus, first digital computing device.
• The Antikythera Mechanism, earliest known analogue astronomical computer
• Decimal positionl number system invented in India.
• Mukhammad ibn Musa Al'Khowarizmi after whom the word "algoritm" is coined.
• Biography: Napier and the slide-rule
• Biography: Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
• Biography: Charles Babbage (1792-1871) the difference engine
• Biography: Ada, the first programmer
• Jacquard invented an automatic loom using punched cards in 1801.
• Calculating-Tabulating-Recording (C-T-R) company, later called IBM.
• Zuse invents Z1, a relay computer, in 1938.
• Atanasoff (University of Iowa) invents an electronic comouter in 1936.
• History of personal computers after the transistor invention.
• ALU Datasheet (postscript)
• From Kilo to Tera

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  Assembly language Programming
• MIPSpro Assembly Language Programmer's Guide
• Assembly Language Programming Ashok K. Agrawala
• SPIM S20: A MIPS R2000 Simulator James R. Larus
• M68000 tutorial

• Data Representation by Murdocca
• Wawrzynek's review notes (For next section: click on the number in the bottom-left corner)
  
  • Digital Design
  • Digital Signal Representations
  • Combinational Logic
  • Physical Implementation
• Supynuk's notes:
  • Data Representation
  • Binary Numbers
  • Von Neuman Architecture