TOPIC                                APPROX. # of 75 min LECTURES 
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Introduction ............................................ 0.5


Organization of a hypothetical CPU ...................... 1.5


Instruction set architectures and addressing modes ....... 2


The SPARC Machine: A case study ......................... 2.5


Translation of hi-level language segments to assembly .... 2


Subroutine calling mechanisms ............................ 2


Intro to the memory subsystem ............................ 1


Integer representations and integer arithmetic ........... 3


Traps and Trap handlers ................................. 1.5


I/O, interrupts and buses ............................... 2.5


Intro to the memory hierarchy and virtual memory ......... 1


Cache memories ........................................... 2


Floating Point representations ........................... 2


Intro to pipelining ...................................... 1


Assemblers, Linkers and Loaders .......................... 1


Optional: Embedded Processors, Processors for mobile
          devices, JVM, etc.  ........................... 1.5