CSCE 212: Introduction to Computer Architecture

Location: Swearingen 2A19

Instructor: Dr. Jason D. Bakos

Textbook

Hennessy and Patterson, Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface, 4/e

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Amazon link [html]

Announcements

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Downloads

64-bit Windows SPIM executable: [exe]

Course syllabus: [pdf]

MIPS Reference Card: [pdf]

Links

Java-based SPIM: MARS [html]

SPIM: MIPS simulator [html]

SPIM: Quick References [html]

MIPSter: A useful MIPS code editor [html]

Blackboard [html]

CSE Dropbox [html]

IEEE 754 Converters [html]

Course Schedule

Date	Topic	Assignment	Downloads
Tues - 1/12/10	Introduction	none	[slides]
Thurs - 1/14/10	Instruction Set Architecture	Read sections 2.1-2.10	[slides]
Tues - 1/19/10	Instruction Set Architecture	none	none
Thurs - 1/21/10	Instruction Set Architecture	none	none
Tues - 1/26/10	Instruction Set Architecture	none	none
Thurs - 1/28/10	Instruction Set Architecture	none	[sample quiz 1] [sample quiz 1 answers] [sum.s]
Tues - 2/2/10	Instruction Set Architecture	Quiz 1	none
Thurs - 2/4/10	Instruction Set Architecture	none	none
Tues - 2/9/10	Instruction Set Architecture	Practice exercises: 2.3, 2.4, 2.10, 2.14, 2.15, 2.18 (except 2.18.1) Project 1, due 3/2 (updated!)	[sample quiz 2] [sample quiz 2 answers] [project 1] [rev.s] [rev2.s: reverser program!]
Thurs - 2/11/10	Instruction Set Architecture	Quiz 2 Topics: instruction encoding, pseudoinstructions, reading assembly code	none
Tues - 2/16/10	Instruction Set Architecture	none	[rev_sub.s] [sample exam 1] [exam exam 1 answers] [sample exam 2] [sample exam 2 answers]
Thurs - 2/18/10	Exam 1	Exam 1 Exam topics: textbook sections 2.1-2.10	none
Tues - 2/23/10	Performance	Read sections: 1.4, 1.8, practice exercises: 1.3-1.7	[slides]
Thurs - 2/25/10	Computer Arithmetic	Read sections 3.1-3.6	[slides]
Tues - 3/2/10	Computer Arithmetic	none	[sample quiz] [sample quiz answers] [sample quiz #2] [sample quiz #2 answers] [sample quiz #3] [sample quiz #3 answers]
Thurs - 3/4/10	Computer Arithmetic	Quiz 3: Performance	none
Tue - 3/9/10	(SPRING BREAK)	(SPRING BREAK)	(SPRING BREAK)
Thurs - 3/11/10	(SPRING BREAK)	(SPRING BREAK)	(SPRING BREAK)
Tue - 3/16/10	Computer Arithmetic	none	none
Thurs - 3/18/10	Computer Arithmetic	Practice exercises 3.3.1-3.3.3, 3.11.2, 3.11.4 (4th edition) Project 2, due 4/1 (extended to 4/8)	[project 2] [sample quiz] [sample quiz answers] [sample quiz 2] [sample quiz 2 answers]
Tues - 3/23/10	Computer Arithmetic	Quiz 4: Computer Arithmetic	none
Thurs - 3/25/10	Computer Arithmetic	none	none
Tues - 3/30/10	Computer Arithmetic	none	none
Thurs - 4/1/10	Computer Arithmetic	Project 3, due 4/15	[project 3]
Tues - 4/6/10	Datapath and Control	none	[slides]
Thurs - 4/8/10	Datapath and Control	Practice exercises: 4.1, 4.2, 4.9 Read sections 4.1-4.4 (single cycle processor)	none
Tues - 4/13/10	Pipelining	Extra credit project, due 4/27 (no late submissions) Read sections 4.5-4.8 (pipelined processor)	[Extra credit project] [sample quiz] [sample quiz answers] [sample quiz 2] [sample quiz 2 answers]
Thurs - 4/15/10	Pipelining	Quiz 5 -- single-cycle MIPS microarchiecture Practice exercises: 4.13, 4.14, 4.20, 4.21, 4.22, 4.23	none
Tues - 4/20/10	Pipelining/Memory Hierarchy	Read sections 5.1-5.3	[sample quiz] [sample quiz answers]
Thurs - 4/22/10	Memory Hierarchy	Quiz 6 -- pipelined microarchitecture Practice exercises 5.2-5.5, 5.7	[provided as a study aid for the final exam] [sample quiz] [sample quiz answers]
Tues - 4/27/09	NO CLASS, READING DAY	NO CLASS, READING DAY	[sample final exam 1] [answers] [sample final exam 2] [answers]
Wed - 5/5/10	9:00AM - FINAL EXAM	none	none

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