... http://www.shore.net/~ws PROJECTS FOR TEACHING COMPUTER ORGANIZATION AND ARCHITECTURE For many instructors, an important component of a computer organization and architecture course is a project or set ... Kammerdiener slides) I OVERVIEW (25-Jan-99) Introduction Computer Evolution and Performance Organization and Architecture (1. 1) • Computer Architecture refers to those attributes of a system that have a ... factor of each time: 1K, 4K, 16 K, 64K, 256K, 1M, 4M, 16 M on a single chip w/ declining cost and access time o Microprocessors and personal computers o Distributed computing o Larger and larger scales...