Computer Architecture Resources

This page contains links to material of interest with regard to Computer Architecture. It is expected to be useful to students of architecture, organisation and basic system software.

Some assembly language information is provided here:

**Assembly Language**
Assembly 1	Assembly 2	Assembly 3	Assembly 4	Assembly 5	Assembly 6
Assembly 7	Assembly 8	Assembly 9	Hello World!

Some notes that may be of use:

**Miscellaneous Notes**
Basic Arithmetic	Circuits and Components	Semiconductors	Transistors	Hamming Code Example	Arduino Due Lab 2
Blink 2 Timer Code

Datasheets for processors and other circuits discussed in the lectures are available here:

**Processor Datasheets**
Intel 8085	Intel 8085	Rockwell 6502	Intel 8086	Intel 80186	Intel 80286
Intersil 80C286

The following table links datasheets for ICs used in the TomAL single-board computer.

**TomAL SBC Datasheets**
27C1238 16K x 8 EPROM	Altera classic EPLD	TomAL Schematic	MM74HC374 D-type Flip-Flop	MM74HC245A Octal 3-state Transceiver	8255 Programmable Peripheral Interface>
HM6264A 8K x 8 High-Speed CMOS Static RAM

Other manuals relevant to the course can be consulted here:

**Manuals**
The nasm Assembler Manual	Atmel AT91SAM ARM-based Flash MCU (includes ARM Cortex M3 description)

Additional RISC materials can be seen here:

**RISC Materials**
Moore's Law 1	Moore's Law 2	Patterson's case for RISC	Hennessy & Patterson Appendix A