Computer Organization and Design RISC-V Edition

• Historical Perspectives and Further Reading

   

  For each chapter in the text, there is a section devoted to a historical perspective, together with further reading.

• Advanced Content and Appendices These are full-length sections covering advanced topics. These sections are introduced in each chapter of the text and can be found here. References Appendices These appendices are available in PDF and include:

  • Appendix B

    :

    Graphics and Computing GPUs

  • Appendix C

    :  

    Mapping Control to Hardware

  • Appendix D

    :

    A Survey of RISC Architectures for Desktop, Server, and Embedded Computers

• Glossary

   

  Terms that are introduced and defined in the text are collected in this searchable PDF document.

• Index

   

  A complete index of the text and online content, in a searchable PDF format.

• Further Reading  

  References are organized by the chapter they support in this PDF document.

• Lecture Slides

   

  This provides lecture slide in PPT format for each chapter.

• RISC-V Reference Data (Green Card)

   

  The RISC-V Reference Data sheet, aka, "Green Card", identical to that which appears in the printed text, is available as a PDF.

• Errata Sheet  

  Errata for the current edition is available here.

• VHDL/Verilog Tutorial 

  Tutorials for both VHDL and Verilog are available here.

• Software

   

  Links to a RISC-V software tools are available here.

• Test Case Module (Section 5.12)

  Link to a Test Case module that will be useful to check the code in these figures featured in Section 5.12. This SystemVerilog code can be used to create a cache and cache controller in an FPGA.

• Link to the instructor-only materials

  The instructor-only materials, including solutions to all exercises, figures from the text, and lecture slides are available to instructors who register at our

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RISC-V Software Tools

For more information on available RISC-V software tools, please follow the link below to the RISC-V.org site:

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