Digital Design and Computer Architecture - Lecture 1: Introduction and Basics (Spring 2023)

[@efcruz]

This is literally the biggest privilege that we, as human beings, can have. I want to deeply thank Prof. Onur, for granting us the opportunity of accessing this knowledge, online, with such tremendous quality. There is no possible way to thank you enough for your contribute, really. The best. Wish I have had the privilege of attending your course, at ETHZ

[@abhinandanjana7590]

Thank you, sir for this amazing lecture for free...

[@CyclopsOct]

I was watching this lecture and paused for a talk on upcoming soc technologies that I had to attend at office. The talk actually contained these memory and compute construction techniques for minimal data movement. The cerebras and tesla chips also came up. These students are really lucky to have this up to date curriculum.

[@saveuyghurmuslims2354]

Sir u don't know how much you owe me, i am a very eager to learning person, but in my country, the state of education is pathetic, rod based and old learning, and i dream of learning in top universities in the world, but can't due to finantial issues, but you have fullfilled my dream, from the bottom of my heart i thank, you

[@sanjeevyadav4399]

#day1 complete

[@jessereynolds10]

Break ends at 1:07:34 thank you for an amazing lecture Professor Mutlu

[@allocator7520]

57:30 10 minute break 1:07:34 back. swiss timing 😬

[@Hugo_Musk]

The best Prof. for teaching Computer Architecture :)

[@LokeshwarReddyNandanapalli]

Want to learn Distributed Systems -> needs -> Networking -> needs -> Operating Systems -> needs -> Computer Architecture

[@PepePlaca-t6s]

facts. dominate the osi model

[@deankavanagh4306]

Really does show how one thing depends on the other in the various layers!

[@LokeshwarReddyNandanapalli]

@@deankavanagh4306 one is built on the other, so to really become an expert in one, learn one layer below it, and like that upto computer architecture

[@LokeshwarReddyNandanapalli]

Even to become an expert in designing chips, you need to have a deeper understanding of technology that makes these gates, which is beyond the scope of this couse, I choose this as my abstraction layer into computer science

[@deankavanagh4306]

@@LokeshwarReddyNandanapalli Very true, the depth that you can go to is ridiculous! I choose to stay at this level of abstraction because my work that I do doesn’t need anything lower (system admin)

[@Carl-du6pz]

Thanks for your sharing❤

[@2NormalHuman]

wow this professor looks like genuinely a cool guy, i'm enjoying these lectures, thanks for sharing them

[@shaimasafaaldinbahaaldin1652]

Really thank you for sharing your lecture materials. They were really helpful and well organized.🙂

[@chithebot]

Thank you so much for offering this for free!!

[@yuweifu2765]

Awesome course. Awesome teacher. Huge thanks. ❤

[@jbillz615]

I studied mech E and now I work at TSMC and both of those things are tangential to this. This is where the real magic happens. My goal is to watch this whole lecture series. We shall see if that happens.

[@JorgeAponteGomez]

Excelente. Muchas gracias

[@patriciagoodrich7800]

cool

[@nononnomonohjghdgdshrsrhsjgd]

God bless you! I will become a believer because of your great lectures!

[@kixhor]

GREAT SIR 😍

[@noe9096]

God bless you professor 🙏🙏🙏

[@mohamedmorsy648]

Always a pleasure watching your lectures professor ❤

[@dallinfarrer973]

The actual lecture starts at 35:28

[@uonliaquat7957]

Thanks for such a great course. Where can I find labs? is there a way I can access lab videos/materials?

[@OnurMutluLectures]

Lab materials are here: safari.ethz.ch/digitaltechnik/spring2023/doku.php?id=labs. There are no lab videos.

[@uonliaquat7957]

@@OnurMutluLectures Thanks

[@ruibinzhang]

I found the so excellent video too late. There are only five days left for the exam.

[@abdoeldeeb1628]

It would be great if you added the English caption to the Lectures

[@robbyleonardclemente263]

What are the prerequisites I need to take before taking this course? Can I take this course with little to no knowledge about computers?

[@OnurMutluLectures]

Yes. This course is designed as a first course in computing. You do not need prior knowledge. We start with the transistor abstraction (as a switch) and build on it to construct processor and memories (and move to more advanced concepts in digital design and architecture).

[@AndrewMorgan-ot5pq]

I am very interested in the interconnect between software and hardware. Specifically operating systems and the ability to orchestrate data flow between user applications in memory to various digital hardware devices (network cards, displays, keyboards, etc) and to other applications in memory without them writing over each other. Specifically how you implement or build these operating systems from line 1. The ordering of which modules of the kernel to load into memory first so that other more complex modules that depend on them can run correctly, up until the point where the system is ready for user input and user applications. Im also interested in hypervisors for the same reason; they are like OSs for other OSs. Do you have any recommended reading for that specific piece of digital computing?

[@deankavanagh4306]

This as well as the rest of Onurs lectures for the hardware aspect of that combo! Then for operating systems, I would recommend an Operating systems course, there are a few on youtube. Most of the Os lectures that I have found follow the operating systems concepts book (also known as the dinosaur book) and that is the one I use, but you can’t go wrong with the tanenbaum book or another one known as OSTEP! Studying both computer architecture aswell as operating systems in concert has given me a much more informed view of how computer systems do what they can do!

[@medonic]

the recommended reading list in the description is different from the website. the website has a wiki page on a book. should I be reading the 3 mentioned papers in description or something else before proceeding to next lectures?

[@gackerman99]

Digital Design and Genome Analysis

[@divyamsatle6673]

guys anyone know why three videos of the course are hidden.

[@Jegan_Eng]

Thankyou 🥺

[@mehrangizrostami9983]

where can i find algorithms course?

[@lawjibran4978]

Is there any prerequisites to this course

[@TrilliumTISS]

Can labs be done without basys 3 FPGA board like simulation etc?

[@mehrangizrostami9983]

Are digital circuits taught in this course ?

[@KinzahQamarZaman]

Hi, What book do you recommend for DDCA and HPCA?

[@OnurMutluLectures]

The books we suggest for the DDCA course are listed here: safari.ethz.ch/digitaltechnik/spring2023/doku.php?id=readings

[@OnurMutluLectures]

For the advanced Comp Arch course, we currently do not have books. We us readings from a variety of sources. You can find them here: safari.ethz.ch/architecture/fall2022/doku.php?id=readings

[@arifnishan5646]

The best Prof. for teaching Computer Architecture :)