Fundamentals of Computer Architecture

Introduction

• Computer Spectrum

Operating Systems

• A Brief History of Computer Operating Systems
• UNIX
• Windows NT
• 30 years of windows - a retrospective

Programming Languages

• Java vs. .NET

Data Representation

• IEEE-754 Floating point numbers

Computer Arithmetic

• Intel Pentium floating point unit

Devices

• Binary-to-BCD converter

Other Notes

• Computer Architecture course at Queen's University of Belfast

Maintained by John Loomis, last updated 12 Jan 2002