Resources for
Module 7
- Atanasoff-Berry Computer
- Description of the very first electronic digital (single purpose) computer.
- Chipping Away at VLSI Design
- An article on the history of chip design, and large scale integrated circuits.
- Chronology of Events in the History of Microcomputers
- Collection of product announcements and magazine articles.
- CPU Info Center
- News on new CPU developments, as well as information on older CPU's, from UCal Berkeley.
- CPU Terms
- A brief glossary of terms describing elements in the CPU.
- Cyrix 6x86
- Cyrix's technical brief on the Pentium alternative
- Discrete Structures in Computer Science
- A Web-text on binary representations of numbers and Boolean logic as they relate to computation science, by Deborah A. Stacey at the University of Guelph.
- Distributed Computing : An Overview
- Tutorial on parallel and distributed computing.
- Great Microprocessors of the Past and Present
- Comprehensive information about many microprocessors.
- Konrad Zuse (1910-1995)
- The Father of Modern Computers - long article on Zuse and the Z-family of computers.
- Konrad Zuse's work
- Zuse's own discussion of the Z-family of computers.
- Lexicon of Semiconductor Terms
- A dictionary and information about semiconductor gate technology, from Harris Semiconductor.
- MMX Technology
- Short intel explanation of the new MMX technology.
- Pentium Processor
- Intel's overview of the Pentium processor.
- Power PC 620
- Motorola's overview of their flagship microprocessor.
- Semiconductor Manufacturing
- A complete outline of the chip manufacturing process, from Fullman Semicondutors.
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