Computer Organization & Architecture

First pass — current weak spot

COA is honestly the subject giving me the most trouble right now. Pipelining and cache mapping look straightforward as concepts, and then turn into multi-step numericals that I'm still too slow at.

I'm slowing down here on purpose — going topic by topic with PYQs immediately after each one, instead of finishing the whole syllabus first and hoping it sticks.

Topics I'm covering

Instruction Sets & Addressing Modes
Pipelining & Hazards
Cache Memory & Mapping Techniques
Memory Hierarchy
I/O Organization
ALU Design & Number Representation

PYQ notes

Pipeline-hazard numericals are where I'm losing the most time right now, so those get solved slowly and deliberately rather than rushed.

From the journey

No journey entries for Computer Organization & Architecture yet — I'll link them here as I actually get to it. See the full journey in the meantime.