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Brendan Massey

OPCODES and Operation Instructions

Opcodes — or operation codes — tells the computer what operation it is supposed to perform next. These opcodes have various categories…

Jun 28, 2021

Jun 28, 2021

Brendan Massey

The Von Neumann Architecture

The Von Neumann Architecture, originally theorizes by John Von Neumann, has five main components: input, memory, processing unit, control…

Jun 25, 2021

The Von Neumann Architecture

Jun 25, 2021

Brendan Massey

Storage Systems in Computers

How does a computer store information? What tools does a computer use to retain information? These are very important questions, as all…

Jun 25, 2021

Storage Systems in Computers

Jun 25, 2021

Brendan Massey

DeMorgan’s Law, Decoder, MUX, Full Adder, and PLA!

In the previous blog, we looked at transistors and how to build logic gates from those transistors. In this blog, we are going to look at…

Jun 24, 2021

DeMorgan’s Law, Decoder, MUX, Full Adder, and PLA!

Jun 24, 2021

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IEEE Standard for Floating-Point, ASCII, and Hexadecimal

Across the past two blogs, which you can reference here and here, I have written about bits and binary. I have written of the system we use…

Jun 20, 2021

IEEE Standard for Floating-Point, ASCII, and Hexadecimal

Jun 20, 2021

Brendan Massey

Logical Functions, Sign Extensions, and Overflow

As discussed here, bits are essential building blocks for information and data. The value of a bit comes from the electrical pulses: the…

Jun 19, 2021

Jun 19, 2021

Brendan Massey

An Introduction to Bits

A computer has — stored within it — millions or even billions of minuscule devices called transistors. These transistors detect the…

Jun 18, 2021

Jun 18, 2021

Brendan Massey

Be Goal-Oriented

Every year around this time, thousands upon thousands of people vow to change their behavior. “I am going to walk every day!”; “I am going…

Dec 30, 2020

Dec 30, 2020

Brendan Massey

Arizona State University’s Online Master’s of Computer Science Program

Arizona State University is a great school for computer science; ASU has been known as a pioneer in online education. Arizona State…

Oct 26, 2020

Arizona State University’s Online Master’s of Computer Science Program

Oct 26, 2020

Brendan Massey

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology — Matrix Algebra for Engineers: A Course Review…

Week two covered various topics, such as: solving a system of linear equations using Gaussian elimination, LU decomposition of a matrix…

Jun 11, 2019

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology — Matrix Algebra for Engineers: A Course Review…

Jun 11, 2019

Brendan Massey

Brendan Massey

I write about programming and computer science as well as review Coursera courses I have taken related to the aforementioned topics.

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