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Class Notes

1. 1. Introduction -- history of computers; what is computer architecture all about?
   
2. 2. Representation of numbers in the computer
   
3. 3. Boolean algebra, Karnaugh maps, Universal systems.
   
4. 4. Combinatorial logic.
   
5. 5. Combinatorial logic - implementations via decoders and multiplexors, decoders.
   
6. 6. Sequantial logic; latches and flipflops.
   
7. 7. Registers and counters.
   
8. 8. Finite state machines.
   
9. 9. The MIPS architecture assembly language.
   
10. 10. The single cycle architecture.
    
11. 11. The multi-cycle architecture.
    
12. 12. Pipelining.
    
13. Cache memories.