Department of Computer Science Course: CS 3724

(Possibly) useful links for CS 3724

The following links relate to specific topics mentioned in class:

• The International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) This is an interesting site to learn about prospective developments in semiconductor technology.
• The SPEC benchmark home page Many details about the SPEC benchmarks, and lists of results for various processor configurations.
• Simulator for a single instruction computer (oic) This is untested, but includes code examples. It is in gzipped tar format, and can be "untared" by the command tar -xvzf oic.tgz

The following are general links for computer architecture related topics:

• Some historical computer designs by Mark Smotherman, Department of Computer Science, Clemson University

Following are links to workstation manufacturers:

• Silicon Graphics (and MIPS)
• INTEL (PC)
• AMD (PC)
• IBM

The following links relate to the PC:

• Tom's Hardware Guide (information about Pentium-class processors)
• Ars-technica web site (information about systems and components)

Some interesting questions from students:

• How does an optical mouse work?