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Teaching computer organization/architecture with limited resources using simulators

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Gregory S. Wolffe,

William Yurcik,

Mark A. HollidayAuthors Info & Claims

SIGCSE '02: Proceedings of the 33rd SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education

Pages 176 - 180

https://doi.org/10.1145/563340.563408

Published: 27 February 2002 Publication History

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As the complexity and variety of computer system hardware increases, its suitability as a pedagogical tool in computer organization/architecture courses diminishes. As a consequence, many instructors are turning to simulators as teaching aids, often using valuable teaching/research time to construct them. Many of these simulators have been made freely available on the Internet, providing a useful and time-saving resource for other instructors. However, finding the right simulator for a particular course or topic can itself be a time-consuming process. The goal of this paper is to provide an easy-to-use survey of free and Internet-accessible computer system simulators as a resource for all instructors of computer organization and computer architecture courses.

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