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Burks 1946 Paper
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Patterson, Hennessy: Computer Organization and Design, 5th Edition
[1]0:46[54]3:46:22
Arthur W. Burks, Herman H. Goldstine, John von Beumann
Preliminary discussion of the logical design of an electronic computing instrument
[2]1:44[12]29:57[13]30:11
[14]34:28[15]38:13[16]39:57
[17]40:42[20]46:17[21]50:15
[22]52:24[23]53:57[24]55:10
[26]57:50[27]1:00:28[28]1:10:50
[29]1:30:22[30]1:34:19[31]1:41:05
[32]1:49:51[33]1:51:48[34]1:56:21
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The Machine That Changed the World
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Book Club - Day 7: COAD 1.10-1.11, Check Yourself Review
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Arthur Burks
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Iconoscope
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Karatsuba algorithm
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0:06hossein1387 Hey!
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0:06hossein1387 Hey!
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0:06hossein1387 Hey!
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0:11Set the stage for the day
0:11Set the stage for the day
0:11Set the stage for the day
0:40riskyfive Back
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0:40riskyfive Back
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0:40riskyfive Back
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0:46Remember to continue reviewing the check yourself1
0:46Remember to continue reviewing the check yourself1
0:46Remember to continue reviewing the check yourself1
1:16riskyfive Are you going out of order on the book?
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1:16riskyfive Are you going out of order on the book?
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1:16riskyfive Are you going out of order on the book?
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1:44Note that today we will be reading Chapter 4 of some reference2
1:44Note that today we will be reading Chapter 4 of some reference2
1:44Note that today we will be reading Chapter 4 of some reference2
2:12Point out video recommendations in the Further Reading3
2:12Point out video recommendations in the Further Reading3
2:12Point out video recommendations in the Further Reading3
4:00Recommend 'The Machine That Changed the World'4
4:00Recommend 'The Machine That Changed the World'4
4:00Recommend 'The Machine That Changed the World'4
5:16Determine to continue reviewing the Check Yourself answers
5:16Determine to continue reviewing the Check Yourself answers
5:16Determine to continue reviewing the Check Yourself answers
5:40riskyfive Bittorrent. The library of Alexandria of the modern world
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5:40riskyfive Bittorrent. The library of Alexandria of the modern world
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5:40riskyfive Bittorrent. The library of Alexandria of the modern world
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5:45Find the annotations for the last episode5
5:45Find the annotations for the last episode5
5:45Find the annotations for the last episode5
9:35riskyfive Today's a marathon?
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9:35riskyfive Today's a marathon?
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9:35riskyfive Today's a marathon?
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9:59Consult the last annotations to see where we were up to6
9:59Consult the last annotations to see where we were up to6
9:59Consult the last annotations to see where we were up to6
10:43riskyfive Inception
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10:43riskyfive Inception
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10:43riskyfive Inception
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11:41Jump to Book Club Day 47 to continue recapping our Check Yourself answers (from 1.6, page 33)
11:41Jump to Book Club Day 47 to continue recapping our Check Yourself answers (from 1.6, page 33)
11:41Jump to Book Club Day 47 to continue recapping our Check Yourself answers (from 1.6, page 33)
16:37croepha Hey Buddy
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16:37croepha Hey Buddy
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16:37croepha Hey Buddy
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16:47Continue to review our Check Yourself answers (from 1.6, page 33: 1c)8
16:47Continue to review our Check Yourself answers (from 1.6, page 33: 1c)8
16:47Continue to review our Check Yourself answers (from 1.6, page 33: 1c)8
18:15croepha Maybe next time you can tune into the VOD for this episode, make it an inception tradition
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18:15croepha Maybe next time you can tune into the VOD for this episode, make it an inception tradition
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18:15croepha Maybe next time you can tune into the VOD for this episode, make it an inception tradition
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19:12Continue to review our Check Yourself answers (from 1.6, page 33: 2)9
19:12Continue to review our Check Yourself answers (from 1.6, page 33: 2)9
19:12Continue to review our Check Yourself answers (from 1.6, page 33: 2)9
20:45Note that in this episode the algebra on the blackboard was covered by the overlay, and determine to draw a line in Milton to indicate the overlay
20:45Note that in this episode the algebra on the blackboard was covered by the overlay, and determine to draw a line in Milton to indicate the overlay
20:45Note that in this episode the algebra on the blackboard was covered by the overlay, and determine to draw a line in Milton to indicate the overlay
21:37Continue to review our Check Yourself answers (from 1.6, page 40)10
21:37Continue to review our Check Yourself answers (from 1.6, page 40)10
21:37Continue to review our Check Yourself answers (from 1.6, page 40)10
25:44Review our Check Yourself answer (1.10, page 51)11
25:44Review our Check Yourself answer (1.10, page 51)11
25:44Review our Check Yourself answer (1.10, page 51)11
29:57Embark on reading 'Preliminary discussion of the logical design of an electronic computing instrument'12
29:57Embark on reading 'Preliminary discussion of the logical design of an electronic computing instrument'12
29:57Embark on reading 'Preliminary discussion of the logical design of an electronic computing instrument'12
30:111. Principal components of the machine13
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30:111. Principal components of the machine13
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30:111. Principal components of the machine13
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34:282. First remarks on the memory14
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34:282. First remarks on the memory14
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34:282. First remarks on the memory14
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37:22A few thoughts on their motivations from mathematical problems
37:22A few thoughts on their motivations from mathematical problems
37:22A few thoughts on their motivations from mathematical problems
38:132.315
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39:16riskyfive That came with the IBM 360
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39:16riskyfive That came with the IBM 360
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39:16riskyfive That came with the IBM 360
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39:41riskyfive 8-bit bytes
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39:41riskyfive 8-bit bytes
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39:41riskyfive 8-bit bytes
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39:572.3 continued16
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39:572.3 continued16
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39:572.3 continued16
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40:423. First remarks on the control and code17
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40:423. First remarks on the control and code17
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40:423. First remarks on the control and code17
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41:47Check out the biographies of Arthur Burks18 and Herman Goldstine19 for the historical context of this paper
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41:47Check out the biographies of Arthur Burks18 and Herman Goldstine19 for the historical context of this paper
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41:47Check out the biographies of Arthur Burks18 and Herman Goldstine19 for the historical context of this paper
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46:173.220
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50:08Note that here they are talking about the concept of flow control
50:08Note that here they are talking about the concept of flow control
50:08Note that here they are talking about the concept of flow control
50:153.5 continued21
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50:153.5 continued21
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50:153.5 continued21
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52:244. The memory organ22
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52:244. The memory organ22
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52:244. The memory organ22
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53:40Express surprise that they were already talking about memory hierarchies way back then
53:40Express surprise that they were already talking about memory hierarchies way back then
53:40Express surprise that they were already talking about memory hierarchies way back then
53:574.1 continued23
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53:574.1 continued23
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53:574.1 continued23
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54:08Recall how Zuse used vacuum tubes in the creation of computers
54:08Recall how Zuse used vacuum tubes in the creation of computers
54:08Recall how Zuse used vacuum tubes in the creation of computers
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55:104.1 continued24
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55:104.1 continued24
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56:39Read about Iconoscope25
56:39Read about Iconoscope25
56:39Read about Iconoscope25
57:504.1 continued26
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57:504.1 continued26
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1:00:03Note that this must have been around the time of the Institute for Advanced Study
1:00:03Note that this must have been around the time of the Institute for Advanced Study
1:00:03Note that this must have been around the time of the Institute for Advanced Study
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1:00:284.1 continued27
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1:00:284.1 continued27
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1:10:505. The arithmetic organ28
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1:10:505. The arithmetic organ28
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1:10:505. The arithmetic organ28
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1:30:11riskyfive Later
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1:30:11riskyfive Later
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1:30:11riskyfive Later
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1:30:225.6 continued29
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1:30:225.6 continued29
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1:31:26Recall a sleepless night thinking about carry lookahead adders
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1:31:26Recall a sleepless night thinking about carry lookahead adders
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1:31:26Recall a sleepless night thinking about carry lookahead adders
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1:34:195.6 continued30
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1:34:195.6 continued30
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1:40:47Recall going over adders on riscy
1:40:47Recall going over adders on riscy
1:40:47Recall going over adders on riscy
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1:41:055.7 continued31
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1:49:17Note difficulty in following their logic of how they represent negative numbers
1:49:17Note difficulty in following their logic of how they represent negative numbers
1:49:17Note difficulty in following their logic of how they represent negative numbers
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1:51:11Note that they arrived back at what we were expecting, and were possibly using two's complement
1:51:11Note that they arrived back at what we were expecting, and were possibly using two's complement
1:51:11Note that they arrived back at what we were expecting, and were possibly using two's complement
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1:54:51Subtraction using a combination of ones' and two's complement
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1:54:51Subtraction using a combination of ones' and two's complement
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1:54:51Subtraction using a combination of ones' and two's complement
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1:58:13A few words on multiplication circuits35
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1:58:13A few words on multiplication circuits35
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1:58:13A few words on multiplication circuits35
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2:01:08Mio's multiplication method: Vedic
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2:01:08Mio's multiplication method: Vedic
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2:01:08Mio's multiplication method: Vedic
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2:04:455.8 continued36
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2:08:42See how many digits of π we know today
2:08:42See how many digits of π we know today
2:08:42See how many digits of π we know today
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2:09:525.8 continued37
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2:14:57A few words on their focus on the importance of decimal, despite calculating in fixed point
2:14:57A few words on their focus on the importance of decimal, despite calculating in fixed point
2:14:57A few words on their focus on the importance of decimal, despite calculating in fixed point
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2:19:41Note that we're only reading this for the historical perspective
2:19:41Note that we're only reading this for the historical perspective
2:19:41Note that we're only reading this for the historical perspective
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2:45:176. The control42
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2:45:176. The control42
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2:45:176. The control42
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2:49:15A few words on demuxers and multiplexers
2:49:15A few words on demuxers and multiplexers
2:49:15A few words on demuxers and multiplexers
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2:53:20A few words on tetrads and nibbles
2:53:20A few words on tetrads and nibbles
2:53:20A few words on tetrads and nibbles
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2:56:49Point out that they are here describing a demuxer
2:56:49Point out that they are here describing a demuxer
2:56:49Point out that they are here describing a demuxer
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3:00:13Note that the CC is the program counter
3:00:13Note that the CC is the program counter
3:00:13Note that the CC is the program counter
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3:04:19Note that we've dived into clock hardware in the RISC-V
3:04:19Note that we've dived into clock hardware in the RISC-V
3:04:19Note that we've dived into clock hardware in the RISC-V
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3:10:176.648
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3:24:26Note that they're here talking about functions
3:24:26Note that they're here talking about functions
3:24:26Note that they're here talking about functions
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3:27:25Note that they hadn't thought of having a separate floating point unit in the same machine
3:27:25Note that they hadn't thought of having a separate floating point unit in the same machine
3:27:25Note that they hadn't thought of having a separate floating point unit in the same machine
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3:32:48Table 1: Operations52
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3:32:48Table 1: Operations52
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3:32:48Table 1: Operations52
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3:34:586.853
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3:46:22Reflect on the reading, double-checking that that was indeed the paper we wanted to read54
3:46:22Reflect on the reading, double-checking that that was indeed the paper we wanted to read54
3:46:22Reflect on the reading, double-checking that that was indeed the paper we wanted to read54
3:50:23That's gonna end it for this episode
3:50:23That's gonna end it for this episode
3:50:23That's gonna end it for this episode