theory

This is the first chapter of the book. I divided my thoughts and summary into four sections:

As part of my internship, I decided to read “Computer Organization and Design RISC-V edition” by David A.

Here, I will be updating what I learned about computer organization and architecture.

System Verilog is a hardware desciption language that builds on Verilog.

SRAMs are static memory. They are implemented using 6 transistors usually and because of that more expensive.

Definition # Look up table is a memory. Instead of recomputing a circuit or a logic function every time, we compute and store in LUTs.

This is where I will be adding entries on theories and concepts I learned along the way and would like to look back and reference.

Nets model physical connections between drivers. When you have multiple drivers

The architecture of FPGAs rely heavily on Configuration Logic Blocks (CLBs).

At the heart of an SRAM cell lies a bistable flip-flop, which is a circuit capable of holding one of two stable states: logic ‘0’ or logic ‘1’.

Benchmarking the Intel Core I7 # SPEC CPU Benchmark # If you had 2 computers, how would you know one of them performed better than the other?

Performance # When you are choosing a computer, how should you choose?

Below Your Program # For computers to run complex applications, there needs to be some sort of translation.

Preface # The preface starts with a motivation to read this book - professionals of every computing specialty should understand both hardware and software.