Hello, I had posted this under Bar originally.
I think it belongs here, even though this is actually an introduction to a Free Course
I took this course last year, and highly, with the utmost praise, recommend anyone
especially anyone who is just starting to program, to take it as well.
This is so much better than the introduction to computer architecture which everyone
used to sleep through in any programming course.
And it's Free.
First watch the TED video here: https://www.ted.com/talks/shimon_schocke...ter_course
If you are still interested:
Take the course, I think a new one is starting soon. (It normally takes six weeks )
Here's the URL: https://www.coursera.org/learn/build-a-computer
I also think that the entire thing has been posted on YouTube.
It's still better to register in Coursera because then you'll do the
exercises, and get graded. You also get a free HDL compiler and
other stuff.
And of course, since you build the computer (at least virtually - you can make the
actual chip (on field-programmable gate array (FPGA)) as well if you wish), you create the instruction set and build the logic
to handle it.
Then to top it off, you build an assembler (In C).
The HDL compiler has a full emulator built in, so you can see it run in virtual mode
I think it belongs here, even though this is actually an introduction to a Free Course
I took this course last year, and highly, with the utmost praise, recommend anyone
especially anyone who is just starting to program, to take it as well.
This is so much better than the introduction to computer architecture which everyone
used to sleep through in any programming course.
And it's Free.
First watch the TED video here: https://www.ted.com/talks/shimon_schocke...ter_course
If you are still interested:
Take the course, I think a new one is starting soon. (It normally takes six weeks )
Here's the URL: https://www.coursera.org/learn/build-a-computer
I also think that the entire thing has been posted on YouTube.
It's still better to register in Coursera because then you'll do the
exercises, and get graded. You also get a free HDL compiler and
other stuff.
And of course, since you build the computer (at least virtually - you can make the
actual chip (on field-programmable gate array (FPGA)) as well if you wish), you create the instruction set and build the logic
to handle it.
Then to top it off, you build an assembler (In C).
The HDL compiler has a full emulator built in, so you can see it run in virtual mode