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WEB SITE FOR COMPUTER ORGANIZATION AND
ARCHITECTURE, EIGHTH EDITION

The Web site at WilliamStallings.com/COA/COA8e.html provides support for instructors
and students using the book. It includes the following elements.

Course Support Materials
• A set of PowerPoint slides for use as lecture aids.
• Copies of figures from the book in PDF format.
• Copies of tables from the book in PDF format.
• Computer Science Student Resource Site: contains a number of links and docu-
ments that students may find useful in their ongoing computer science education.
The site includes a review of basic, relevant mathematics; advice on research,
writing, and doing homework problems; links to computer science research
resources, such as report repositories and bibliographies; and other useful links.
• An errata sheet for the book, updated at most monthly.
Supplemental Documents
• A set of supplemental homework problems with solutions. Students can en-
hance their understanding of the material by working out the solutions to
these problems and then checking their answers.
• Three online chapters: number systems, digital logic, and IA-64 architecture
• Nine online appendices that expand on the treatment in the book.Topics
include recursion, and various topics related to memory.
• All of the Intel x86 and ARM architecture material from the book reproduced
in two PDF documents for easy reference.
• Other useful documents
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COA Courses
The Web site includes links to Web sites for courses taught using the book. These
sites can provide useful ideas about scheduling and topic ordering, as well as a num-
ber of useful handouts and other materials.
Useful Web Sites
The Web site includes links to relevant Web sites. The links cover a broad spectrum
of topics and will enable students to explore timely issues in greater depth.

Internet Mailing List
An Internet mailing list is maintained so that instructors using this book can ex-
change information, suggestions, and questions with each other and the author. Sub-
scription information is provided at the book’s Web site.
Simulation Tools for COA Projects
The Web site includes a number of interactive simulation tools, which are keyed to the
topics of the book.The Web site also includes links to the SimpleScalar and SMPCache
web sites.These are two software packages that serve as frameworks for project imple-
mentation. Each site includes downloadable software and background information.