Several interesting online documents:

* http://www.nucleus.com/~corby/memchips.htm
  An in-depth discussion of all memory technologies used in modern computers.

* http://www.ens.fr/~chabaud/Poly/
  Lists of irreducible (!=primitive) polynomials of many degrees.

* http://www.dacafe.com/DACafe/EDATools/EDAbooks/ASIC/Book/CH14/CH14.7.htm
  Theory and examples of Built-In Self Tests (BIST) and Linear Feedback
  Shift Registers (LFSR).

* http://support.intel.com/
  Documentation of Intel processors and chipsets.
  Processors (programming and optimalization): reference numbers 24142805,
  24319002, 24319102, 24319202, 24281603.
  BX chipset: 29063301
  VX chipset: 290553


(Note: if these documents have disappeared, please contact me. I've got
some backup copies.)