ELE305: Introduction to Computer Architecture
Summer 2005 Useful Links
The following links were collected by me. Use them at your own risk!
Computer History Museum
is a nice place to find many interesting facts about computer development.
Chronology of Personal Computers
is good collection of historical events that lead to modern day PCs.
PC History
is more concentrate on the PCs themselves with visual aids.
Personal Computer Milestones
has some interesting historical facts.
Moore’s Law
is described here by
Moore
’s own company.
This page is one of the better
Amdahl’s Law
pages you can find.
Von Neumann Architecture
is described here along with other of his great body of works.
Turing Machine
can be found here. Try it out!
Information Theory
is nicely presented here from the company pioneered it.
Harvard Architecture
according to
Wikipedia
, the on-line free encyclopedia.
Ternary versus Binary
is masterfully discussed here by Brian Hayes in an American Scientist article.
Setun
of
Moscow
State
University
is the only Ternary computer ever built.
ARS
Technica
is a website full of current CPU and computer system information. Two interesting articles about Sony
Playstation
2 can be found here.
Chipworks
is a reserve-engineering provider. This link goes to their Silicon Art page where many interesting “art” on commercial IC can be found.
Great Microprocessors of the Past and Present
has plenty of information and insight to the vast variety of CPUs.