Textbook

You will require the following textbook for this course:

• David Patterson and John Hennessy. Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach. Fourth edition. Addison Wesley, 2007.

You may purchase this book through the York University Bookstore.

Coverage

Chapter 1 to 1.12

Chapter 2 to 2.9

Chapter 3 all

Chapter 4 notes only

Chapter 5 5.1 5.2 5.3