Build a Modern Computer from First Principles: From Nand to Tetris

Course link: Nand2Tetris

Table of Contents

• Week 1 - Boolean Functions and Gate Logic [Boolean Logic, Logic Gates, Hardware Description Language, Hardware Simulation]

  • Elementary Logic Gates

    • Not
    • And
    • Or
    • Xor
    • Mux
    • Dmux

  • 16-bit variants

    • Not16
    • And16
    • Or16
    • Mux16

  • Multi-way variants

    • Or8Way
    • Mux4Way16
    • Mux8Way16
    • Dmux4Way
    • Dmux8Way

• Week 2 - Boolean Arithmetic and the ALU [Binary Numbers, Negative Numbers, Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU)]

  • Problem set
    • HalfAdder
    • FullAdder
    • Add16
    • Inc16
    • ALU

• Week 3 - Memory [Sequential Logic, Flip Flops, Memory Units, Counters]

  • Problem set
    • Bit
    • Register
    • PC
    • RAM8
    • RAM64
    • RAM512
    • RAM4K
    • RAM16K

• Week 4 - Machine Language [Input / Output, low-level programming, The Hack Computer and Machine Language]

  • Problem set
    • Fill
    • Multi

• Week 5 - Computer Architecture [Von Neumann Architecture, The Fetch-Execute Cycle, Central Processing Unit]

  • Problem set
    • Computer
    • CPU
    • Memory

• Week 6 - Assembler [Assembly Languages and Assemblers, The Assembly Process - Handling Instructions/Symbols, Developing a Hack Assembler]

  • Problem set
    • Add
    • Max
    • Pong
    • Rect