Syllabus

9/13 9/20	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 = 10/4, (possible answers)
9/27 10/4 10/11	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
10/18	How to Program? [PDF][SPIM] -- by TAs READING: Chap. B.9 Homework #2, deadline = 11/1
10/25 11/1	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 Homework #3 [PDF], deadline = 11/8, (possible answers)
11/8	mid-term exam. range: the materials until 11/1
11/15	skip
11/22 11/29 12/6	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 Homework #4 [PDF], deadline = 12/20
12/13	Parallel Computing and GPU Introduction [PDF] -- by Tz-Huan Huang (Ph.D. candidate at CSIE) READING: A.1~3
12/20	Large and Fast: Exploiting Memory Hierarchy [PDF] [Print Version] The Basic of Caches Measuring and Improving Cache Performance Virtual Memory A Common Framework for Memory Hierarchies READING: Chap. 5 w/o 5.6~13 Homework #5 [PDF], deadline = 1/3
12/27	Storage and Other I/O Topics [PDF] [Print Version] Dependability, Reliability, and Availability Disk and Flash Storages Connecting Processors, Memory, and I/O Devices Interfacing I/O Devices to the Processors, Memory, and Operating System I/O Performance Measures Design an I/O System Parallelism and I/O: Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks READING: Chap. 6 w/o 6.10~14
1/3	final exam. range: the materials until 12/27

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)