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Evolving Textbook for ECE460N (Perhaps the start, finally, of a textbook for 460N!)

Chapter 1, Introduction (posted - 8/24/26)
Chapter 2, ISA (posted - 8/24/26)
Chapter 6, Physical Memory (posted - 8/24/26)
Chapter 7, Virtual Memory (posted - 8/24/26)
Appendix A, The LC-3b ISA (posted - 8/24/26)
Appendix B, Assemblers and Assembly Language Proramming (posted - 8/24/26)
Appendix C, The Microarchitecture of an Implementation of the LC-3b ISA (posted - 8/24/26)

Powerpoint Presentations

Introduction, available as ppt or slides (posted - 8/24/26)
ISA, available as ppt or pdf (posted - 8/24/26)
Microarchitecture, available as ppt or pdf (posted - 8/24/26)
Because of Pipelines, available as ppt or pdf (posted - 8/24/26)
Process, available as ppt or pdf (posted - 8/24/26)
Physical Memory, available as or ppt or slides (updated - 8/24/26)
Virtual Memory, available as ppt or pdf (updated - 8/24/26)
Cache, availble as ppt or pdf (posted - 8/24/26)
IO, available as ppt or pdf (posted - 8/24/26)
Fixed Point Arithmetic, available as ppt or pdf (updated - 8/24/26)
Floating Point Arithmetic, available as ppt or pdf (posted - 8/24/26)
Single Thread Parallelism, available as ppt or pdf (posted - 8/24/26)
Multi-Thread Parallelism, available as ppt or pdf (posted - 8/24/26)
Pot Pourri, available as ppt or pdf (posted - 8/24/26)

Administrative Handouts

Student Information Sheet

Other Handouts

Charles Leiserson, Neil Thompson, Joel Emer, Bradley Kuszmaul, Butler Lampson, Daniel Sanchez, Tao Schard There’s plenty of room at the Top: What will drive computer performance after Moore’s law? Science, Vol 368, No. 6495

Buzzwords

Glossary of Buzzwords from Fall 2005 to Present

Old Exams

Spring 2025 Exam 1 and solutions (posted - 8/24/26)
Spring 2025 Exam 2 and solutions (posted - 8/24/26)
Spring 2025 Final and solutions (posted - 8/24/26)
Fall 2024 Exam 1 and solutions (posted - 8/24/26)
Fall 2024 Exam 2 and solutions (posted - 8/24/26)
Fall 2024 Final Exam and solutions (posted - 8/24/26)
Spring 2023 Exam 1 and solutions (posted - 8/24/26)
Spring 2023 Exam 2 and solutions (posted - 8/24/26)
Fall 2022 Exam 1 and solutions (posted - 8/24/26)
Fall 2022 Exam 2 and solutions (posted - 8/24/26)
Fall 2022 Final Exam and solutions (posted - 8/24/26)
Spring 2021 Exam 1 and Solution (posted - 8/24/26)
Spring 2021 Exam 2 and Solution (posted - 8/24/26)
Spring 2021 Final Exam and Solution (posted - 8/24/26)
Fall 2020 Exam 1 and Solution (posted - 8/24/26)
Fall 2020 Exam 2 and Solution (posted - 8/24/26)
Fall 2020 Final Exam and Solution (posted - 8/24/26)
Spring 2019 Exam 1 and Solution (posted - 8/24/26)
Spring 2019 Exam 2 and Solution (posted - 8/24/26)
Spring 2019 Final and Solution (posted - 8/24/26)
Fall 2018 Exam 1 and Solution (posted - 8/24/26)
Fall 2018 Exam 2 and Solution (posted - 8/24/26)
Fall 2018 Final and Solution (posted - 8/24/26)
Spring 2017 Exam 1 and Solution (posted - 8/24/26)
Spring 2017 Exam 2 and Solution (posted - 8/24/26)
Spring 2017 Final and Solution (posted - 8/24/26)
Fall 2016 Exam 1 and Solution (posted - 8/24/26)
Fall 2016 Exam 2 and Solution (posted - 8/24/26)
Fall 2016 Final and Solution (posted - 8/24/26)
Spring 2015 Exam 1 and Solution (posted - 8/24/26)
Spring 2015 Exam 2 and Solution (posted - 8/24/26)
Spring 2015 Final and Solution (posted - 8/24/26)
Fall 2014 Exam 1 and Solution (posted - 8/24/26)
Fall 2014 Exam 2 and Solution (posted - 8/24/26)
Fall 2014 Final Exam and Solution (posted - 8/24/26)
Spring 2013 Exam 1 and Solution (posted - 8/24/26)
Spring 2013 Exam 2 and Solution (posted - 8/24/26)
Spring 2011 Final and Solution (posted - 8/24/26)