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	Han-Chih Kuo & Yi-Chi Liao
	Meeting time	09:10-12:10(-14:20) every Tuesday
	Classroom	MBA#2 Room 202
	Mailing list	architecture(AT)cmlab.csie.ntu.edu.tw [subscribe/unsubscribe page]

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Syllabus

9/16 9/23	Introduction [PDF] 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 = 9/30
9/30 10/14	Instructions: Language of the Computer [PDF] 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
10/7	How to Program? [PDF][SPIM] -- by TAs READING: Chap. B.9 Homework #2 [PDF], deadline = 10/27
10/21 10/28	Arithmetic for Computers [PDF] 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 = 11/11
11/4 11/18 11/25 12/2	The Processor [PDF] 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 = 12/9
11/11	mid-term exam. range: the materials until 11/4
12/9 12/16	Large and Fast: Exploiting Memory Hierarchy [PDF] The Basic of Caches Measuring and Improving Cache Performance Dependable Memory Virtual Machines Virtual Memory A Common Framework for Memory Hierarchies READING: Chap. 5 w/o 5.6~13 Homework #5 [PDF], deadline = 12/30
12/23	skip
12/30	Parallel Processors from Client to Cloud [PDF] The Difficulty of Creating Parallel Processing Programs Introduction to Graphics Processing Units READING: Chap. 6.1~2, 6, C.1~3
1/6	skip
1/13	final exam. range: the materials until 12/30

Textbook

David A. Patterson and John L. Hennessy. Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface, 5th. ed., Morgan Kaufmann, 2013.

Reference

John L. Hennessy and David A. Patterson. Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach, 5th ed., Morgan Kaufmann, 2011.
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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