AI
Jun 13, 2021
Undeniably one of the best computer science courses. The advertising isn't false! This course permanently changed my perspective on hardware and software along with the relationship between the two...
MM
Feb 17, 2017
An excellent course provided by phenomenal professors! Everything is broken down into simple, easily understandable portions, and leaves you with a clear idea how to proceed to solve a given problem.
By Sai K G
•May 17, 2020
I absolutely loved this course. i am indebted to Prof. Shimon Schocken and Prof. Noam Nisan for their tremendously simplistic explanation of the course that made it enjoyable. Thank you coursera for having this course.
By Shannon J
•Jul 11, 2017
This is a wonderful course. It is very detailed and through. It should be required for every Computer Science major. It not only teaches computer architecture but also how a computer works in an easy to understand way.
By James H
•Dec 21, 2020
So well done! Struck a good balance between keeping things simple enough that the course moves fast enough and doesn't get bogged down in details but still provides a ton of great/interesting/fun conceptual knowledge.
By Ecnerwal L
•Nov 20, 2020
It was really hard but I had fun. I now understand how to build a computer and I think I'll stop here for the moment and learn more advanced topics about hardware.
This is one of the best introductory courses I took.
By Alexander T
•Jul 30, 2016
This is a brilliant course. The information is presented in a structured and clear manner. The assignments are very interesting and really test your logical thinking.
I am looking forward to studying the second part.
By Ryan D
•Jun 26, 2023
I had a great time working on the projects in this course. It's a great refresher for some things I had not thought about in awhile and some great insights into how some of the very lowest levels of a computer work.
By Eric M N
•Mar 28, 2018
Amazing! All the course is completely mindblowing. You can really understand what is the computer that you use, and how it really works inside as 0s and 1s. Thank you very much, Professor Noam and Professor Shimon!
By Adam R
•Nov 9, 2023
This course does an excellent job of de-mystifying the modern computer. Highly recommend for anyone looking for a bottom up approach to learning the basics of computer systems. Looking forward to beginning part 2.
By Michele R
•Jul 14, 2019
Finally I have the great vision of all those courses I had to take during my bachelor and which relations between them were not always so clear. Recommended, I'm going to start the 2nd party with joy and curiosity
By Anders T
•Apr 29, 2024
What an excellent course! I thoroughly enjoyed it and consumed the content and have been left hungry for more. I just started part II and from the "Cool Stuff" section on the website, found more content. Thanks!
By Vasu G
•Jan 17, 2017
Really Awesome Course, loved it !!! Very thankful to the instructors for sharing their knowledge, passion, efforts and time. I learned a lot from the course and it helped clarify a lot of concepts. Thanks again.
By Diego C A
•Aug 19, 2016
I have completed the course and I must say it is one of the best courses I have taken because it is very clear all the information. In addition, the development of the projects allow you to learn in a deep way.
By Andrew Y
•Dec 27, 2020
Very well designed course. The provided simulators and tests are very helpful for the assignments. The material itself, walking you through designing a computer in HDL and then writing an assmbler, is awesome.
By SANAD K
•Dec 4, 2020
"Everything I need to know I learned in second grade"
-Noam
These two guys are OGs for me they have a way of explaining things in a really easy way . I am indebted to them for demystifying the computer for me.
By Rohan K S
•Apr 3, 2022
anyone from computer science background or is curious how a metal thing works as a computer must need this course to actually know how software and hardware are made and layered so as to make our life easier.
By Xavier P
•Jan 7, 2024
Awesome course. Challenging, but I learned so much about how computers really work. I loved the project based approach. It really allowed my to get my hands into the technology. Highly recommend this course!
By Massimo S
•Jan 11, 2021
Loved the course! Prof. Nisam and Prof. Schocken were absolutely capable of building new notions on top of previous material. This gives the feeling of slowly mastering all the parts starting from the basics
By Nelson P
•Jun 22, 2020
Amazing. As a self-taught software engineer, I didn't have an understanding of computer architecture and how code is actually run. This course demystifies all of that. Projects are challenging yet rewarding.
By Pushkar S
•Jan 13, 2020
This is an incredible course. I loved it 100%. I audited the course first, and then I just wanted to complete the assignments for a certificate. I enjoyed doing that a lot especially making the assembler!!!
By Michael P
•Jun 15, 2018
This is a great course with a well-written text book to go alongside it. The projects increase in difficulty at a pretty good rate. It was well worth the time and effort I put in. Looking forward to part 2.
By Aswan K
•Mar 24, 2021
Easily one of the most challenging, engaging and rewarding online courses I have ever attempted. It was an empowering experience to successfully complete nandtotetris Part1. Thanks for this amazing course
By U A
•Apr 30, 2020
Great way of helping understanding everyone of how computer works internally from a nand gate to assembly language. It gave idea about the architecture as well. It was a great experience overall.Thank you.
By Ankit G
•Dec 31, 2019
The very first course that was able to provide the practical knowledge of the working of a computer without any abstraction, apart from week 6 that had a bit of programming and text processing abstraction.
By B B
•Nov 22, 2021
Excellent. Great introduction to gates, boolean logic, CPU design, assembly and machine language. Instructors were stellar and there was plenty of outside reading material to support the course as well.
By Santiago R M d A
•Oct 16, 2021
Computers, demystified. Although going from Nand gates to the Tetris game seems like an impossible task, layers of abstraction allow YOU to do exactly that in a few straightforward steps. Amazing course!!