Resources

Common Errors

We have compiled a list of common errors you might run into for this course.

Exams

See the exam resources page.

Textbooks

• Computer Organization and Design RISC-V Edition, 1st or 2nd ed. by David Patterson, and John Hennessy
• The C Programming Language, 2nd ed. by Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie
• The Datacenter as a Computer by Luiz André Barroso and Urs Hölzle (PDF)

Reference Cards

• CS 61C Reference Card: PDF
  • v2.0.0: Fixed note about sltiu's immediate sign extension
• GDB Reference Card: PDF
• Venus Reference: HTML

Review Notes by Topic

Number Representation

• Sean Farhat's number rep notes
• Anusha's number rep notes
• Allan Yu's floating point notes

C

• Prof. Harvey's notes on C
• Prof. Hilfinger's notes on memory management

RISC-V

• Nick Riasanovsky's calling convention notes
• Sruthi's Verilog notes

SDS, Boolean Algebra, FSMs

• Prof. Wawryznek's notes on state, blocks, SDS, and boolean logic