Digital Logic
translate between digital logic schematic and Boolean expression
analyze/simplify/evalutate/explain Boolean expressions
Chapter 4
Inside the SRC
Register bank
explain how a register bank is built from logic gates
ALU
explain how operations are implemented in the ALU
Memory interface
explain the internal steps involved in memory operations
Chapter 2
Register transfer notation
explain the RTN syntax
SRC definition in RTN
define a new instruction in RTN
Data paths (buses)
how to apply the primary and secondary rule of buses
Chapter 3
SRC, SPARC -- RTN and assembly language
compare & contrast some instructions
Chapter 5
Pipelining
explain how pipelining works (more details later)
Pipeline hazards
what are they and how are they dealt with
Chapter 6
Number systems (and conversions)
explain how floating point numbers differ from real numbers
explain how to convert negative whole numbers to two's complement integers
SPARC instructions
define or match
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