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Computing Systems

Mano & Kime, Sections 1.1 and 1.2, pg. 1-10.

Switches

Textbook Supplement 2-8

Boolean

Mano & Kime, Sections 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3, pg. 27-44.

Gate Design - Mano & Kime, Sections 2.6 and 2.7, pg. 62-75.

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Simplifying Expressions

Mano & Kime, Sections 2.4 and 2.5, pg. 45-62.

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Building Blocks

Mano & Kime, Sections 3.1, pg. 91-92.

Mano & Kime, Sections 3.5, 3.6, and 3.7, pg. 111-124.

Number Systems

Mano & Kime, Sections 1.2, pg. 10-13.

Mano & Kime, Sections 3.10, pg. 137-140.

Mano & Kime, Sections 9.7, pg. 491-495.

Arithmetic

Mano & Kime, Sections 3.8, 3.9, and 3.10, pg. 125-144.

Latches and Registers

Mano & Kime, Sections 4.1 and 4.2, pg. 183-191.

Mano & Kime, Sections 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3, pg. 249-256.

State Machines

Mano & Kime, Sections 4.4, pg. 201-208.

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Counters

Mano & Kime, Sections 5.5, pg. 263-273.

Memory

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Datapath Elements

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Single Cycle Datapath

Free Document - Single Cycle Datapath

Interesting Web Sites:

Motorala/IBM Power PC

Intel Pentium

CPU Information Center

Computer Architecture

Instruction Types - see Wills

Free Doc.s: MIPS Instructions,  SPIM Tutorial,  MIPS Emulator, SPIM Documentaion,  Assembly Language & MIPS Instruction Set.

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