Index to Lecture 1

  1. Course title
  2. Contact Information
  3. Textbook
  4. Lecture Notes
  5. Readings
  6. Course Goals
  7. Exams
  8. Homework
  9. Semester Project
  10. Grading
  11. Computer Generations
  12. Overlap of Generations
  13. Evolution of Architecture
  14. Punctuated Equilibrium
  15. Example of Punctuated Equilibrium
  16. First Three Generations
  17. Third Generation
  18. Fourth Generation (VLSI)
  19. More Fourth Generation
  20. Architectural Diversity
  21. Early Fourth Generation
  22. Later Fourth Generation
  23. Personal Computers
  24. Workstations
  25. Fifth Generation
  26. Recap
  27. Software Model
  28. Architecture Independent Parallel
  29. Architecture Dependent Parallel
  30. Dilemma
  31. Taxonomies
  32. Extensions to Flynn's Taxonomy
  33. Mini Essay