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About the Course

What you’ll achieve: In this project-centered course* you will build a modern computer system, from the ground up. We’ll divide this fascinating
journey into six hands-on projects that will take you from constructing elementary logic gates all the way through creating a fully functioning
general purpose computer. In the process, you will learn - in the most direct and constructive way - how computers work, and how they are
designed. What you’ll need: This is a self-contained course: all the knowledge necessary to succeed in the course and build the computer
system will be given as part of the learning experience. Therefore, we assume no previous computer science or engineering ...
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Top reviews

RD

May 22, 2021

Thanks to the instructors for bringing forth such an amazing course. The way the course is strucured makes it very interesting and easy to learn. Loved and enjoyed the course and learnt a lot from it

DF

Sep 4, 2022

P​rofs Shimon Schocken and Noam Nisan are amazing instructors. This course was so fun and I have learned a huge deal about how computers work under the hood. Looking forward to taking on Part 2 now!

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By Anand B

Apr 30, 2017

Excellent intro to basic computer architecture.

By Bernardo P

Feb 20, 2017

I really liked it and I'm going to take part II

By Anmol D

Sep 23, 2019

Plenty of resources for helping with lectures!

By Asaf K

Feb 3, 2017

Great course. Both simplified and interesting.

By Ethan L

Oct 25, 2016

A very amazing course for the computer system!

By Chris R

Feb 19, 2016

you get really great intuition about how compu

By Thasbeeh

Jul 22, 2020

Was a great and interesting workout for brain

By Zhu N

Sep 25, 2017

It led me to the fantastic world of computer!

By Omar A

Aug 14, 2017

Simple, elegant yet very enlightening course!

By Ondrej H

Jun 26, 2017

Very interesting course to learn VHDL basics.

By Rodrigo P

Mar 2, 2017

This is the best course I've taken in my life

By Yutharsan S

Dec 1, 2023

Very well-done course. Fully worth the time!

By 20Z342 - S P P

Jan 21, 2022

Underrated course. Shoken GOAT of comp arch.

By marcus ö

Jul 13, 2021

Great teachers, wonderful course. Thank you!

By Aibol E

Dec 2, 2020

Very good course, learned a lot of knowledge

By Michale E

Sep 19, 2020

The most interesting course i have ever seen

By Artyom C

Aug 24, 2024

What an amazing journey, thanks to authors!

By Anselm A

Jan 27, 2022

Awesome course. I loved every minute of it.

By Amrita D T

Oct 16, 2020

A great course to learn how computers work.

By Ray H

Feb 14, 2018

The single best computer course I ever had.

By Zilu T

Mar 20, 2017

Great course! I had tons of fun. Thank you!

By Shivendra S

Dec 27, 2022

Very amazing, keep up such awesome efforts

By Jorge L

Oct 4, 2020

Just wonderful. The best MOOC I have taken

By Olakunle B

Sep 27, 2020

Wonderful and challenging! I learnt a lot.

By César D L Q

Aug 1, 2020

Perfect for understand basics of computers