Processors and Primary Memory
Basic overview of computer hardware
The processor
How it all works
Who does what
Fetch, decode, execute
Sequencing
Pipelining and Superscalar architecture
Primary Memory
Memory locations
Storage options
Big and little endian
Which is better?
Error Correcting Codes
What is an error?
Parity
Self correcting error codes
Hamming distance
Hamming distance -2
Hamming Distance - 3
The Hamming Code
Hamminmg Code -2
Hamming Code example
Cache memory
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