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by uulbiy 3948 days ago
The content of the lecture notes[1] seem good, although I don't really like the presentation that much. Also, its difficult to follow just the notes without watching or listening to the lectures. Maybe I'm just spoiled by the online education websites (Coursera, EdX, etc.) Last year I took "The Hardware/Software Interface"[2] on Coursera and it was great.

[1]: Direct link to PDFs https://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~phjk/AdvancedCompArchitecture/Lect...

[2]: Details: https://www.coursera.org/course/hwswinterface Course content: https://class.coursera.org/hwswinterface-002

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As someone who very recently took this course (around 6 months ago to be exact), his flow of lecture is jarring if you aren't paying attention (and the confusion of the slides accentuates this), but the raw content is still very very useful (revising for this exam was easier than some others).

While I'm not able to share them with you, IC also has a system of recorded lectures, which makes these even easier to follow.

Well we can't use those. But, for another commenter, I just found this:

https://www.coursera.org/course/comparch

Maybe check it out and see if you'd recommend it. A qualified opinion would help me know if I should just post it next time topic comes up.

Hmm. You have a point. I get a lot of what he's saying but some is certainly unclear. And, damnit, despite many good links he doesn't seem to have anything like that anywhere. (sighs) So, we have one solid critique of this page.

Should at least update it with speaker's notes. I always distributed those with my PowerPoints just in case they landed on a new audience not possessing innate, psychic abilities. I heard that happens on occasion.

Like Coursera, eh? Here you go:

https://www.coursera.org/course/comparch

References same textbook. Might help you and others with similar trouble with these notes.