Computer Organization and Structure

計算機組織與結構 Computer Organization and Structure	Course ID	705 20400
	Instructor	Bing-Yu Chen
	Teaching assistant	Yu-Mei Chen & I-Chao Shen & Yi-Hau Wang
	Meeting time	09:10-12:10 every Tuesday
	Classroom	MBA#2 Room 202
	Mailing list	architecture(AT)cmlab.csie.ntu.edu.tw [subscribe/unsubscribe page]

Syllabus

9/15 9/22	Introduction [PDF] [Print Version] Why and What is this course? What is a computer? Below your program Under the Covers Digital Binary Systems Performance The Power Wall The Switch from Uniprocessors to Multiprocessors READING: Chap. 1 w/o 1.7, 1.9~10, w/ C.7 Homework #1 [PDF], deadline = 10/6
9/29	How to Program ? [HTML] [PDF] -- by TAs READING: Chap. B.9 Homework #2 [PDF] [SPIM], deadline = 10/27
10/6	SKIP
10/13 10/20	Instructions: Language of the Computer [PDF] [Print Version] Operations and Operands of the Computer Hardware Signed and Unsigned Numbers Representing Instructions in the Computer Logical Operations Instructions for Making Decisions Supporting Procedures in Computer Hardware Communicating with People MIPS Addressing for 32-Bit Immediates and Addresses Translating and Starting a Program Arrays versus Pointers READING: Chap. 2 w/o 2.11, 2.15~20 w/ B.10
10/20 10/27	Arithmetic for Computers [PDF] [Print Version] Addition and Subtraction Gate Logic and K-Map Method Constructing a Basic Arithmetic Logic Unit Multiplication and Division Floating Point READING: Chap. 3, w/o 3.6~10, w/ C.2, C.3, C.5
11/3	mid-term exam. range: the materials until 10/27
11/10 11/17 11/24	The Processor [PDF] [Print Version] Logic Design Conventions Building a Datapath A Simple Implementation Scheme An Overview of Pipelining Pipelined Datapath and Control Data Hazards: Forwarding versus Stalling Control Hazards Exceptions READING: Chap. 4 w/o 4.10~15, C.7~8

Textbook

David A. Patterson and John L. Hennessy. Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface, 4th. ed. , Morgan Kaufmann, 2008.

Reference

John L. Hennessy and David A. Patterson. Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach, 4th ed. , Morgan Kaufmann, 2006.
Randy H. Katz and G. Borriello. Contemporary Logic Design, 2nd ed. , Prentice Hall, 2004.

Grade Measurement

Homework (maybe five or six times with some small programs) + Examinations (twice or three times) + Participants

Pre-courses

Logic Design (Introduction to Computer)

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