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Computer System Architecture - Fall 2026
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Fall 2026 Lecture Notes
L-01
: Introduction & History of Calculation and Computer Architecture (
handout pdf
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split pdf
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pdf
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L-02
: Instruction Set Architecture and Caches (
handout pdf
) (
split pdf
) (
pdf
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L-03
: Cache Organization and Memory Management (
handout pdf
) (
split pdf
) (
pdf
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L-04
: Modern Virtual Memory Systems (
handout pdf
) (
split pdf
) (
pdf
)
L-05
: Instruction Pipelining: Hazard Resolution, Timing Constraints (
handout pdf
) (
split pdf
) (
pdf
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L-06
: Complex Pipelining (
handout pdf
) (
split pdf
) (
pdf
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L-07
: Complex Pipelining: Out-of-Order Execution, Register Renaming,and Exceptions (
handout pdf
) (
split pdf
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pdf
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L-08
: Branch Prediction (
handout pdf
) (
split pdf
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pdf
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L-09
: Speculative Execution (
handout pdf
) (
split pdf
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pdf
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L-10
: Advanced Memory Operations (
handout pdf
) (
split pdf
) (
pdf
)