Lectures

CSCI2321 Spring 2003

Principles of Computer Design

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Date	Topics	Readings	Due Dates
1-17	Course Introduction - Objectives, MIPS, and SPIM
1-20	Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
1-22	Components of Computers	Ch. 1
1-24	Integrated Circuits and Manufacturing
1-27	The Current State of Processors
1-29	Computer Performance	Ch. 2	Quiz #1 (Answers)
1-31	Performance Metrics		Assn #1
2-3	Communicating with Computers	Ch. 3
2-5	Packaging of Instructions		Quiz #2 (Answers)
2-7	MIPS Machine and Assembly	Appendix A	Assn #2
2-10	Function Support in Hardware
2-12	Arrays vs. Pointers
2-14	Loose Ends and x86
2-17	Computer Arithmetic - Numbers	Ch. 4
2-19	Additions and Subtraction		Quiz #3 (Answers)
2-21	Additions, Subtraction, and Logic		Assn #3
2-24	IASTED
2-26	Logic and an ALU	Appendix B
2-28	Multiplication and Division
3-3	Floating Point Numbers
3-5	Concluding Arithmetic
3-7	Test 1 (Answers)		Review Sheet
3-10	Spring Break
3-12	Spring Break
3-14	Spring Break
3-17	Processor Datapaths	Ch. 5	Quiz #4
3-19	Single-cycle Implementation	Appendix C
3-21	Multicycle Implementation
3-24	Microprogramming		Assn #4
3-26	Exceptions
3-28	Fallacies and Conclusions
3-31	Pipelined Datapaths	Ch. 6	Quiz #5 (Answers)
4-2	Pipelined Control		Assn #5
4-4	Hazards of Pipelining
4-7	Exceptions, Modern Touches, and Conclusions
4-9	Caching	Ch. 7
4-11	Measuring Cache Improvements		Assn #6
4-14	Virtual Memory
4-16	Common Memory Framework and Conclusions
4-18	Good Friday
4-21	Dealing with I/O Devices	Ch. 8	Quiz #6 (Answers)
4-23	Buses
4-25	I/O designs and Conclusions		Assn #7
4-28	Multiprocessors in One Box	Ch. 9
4-30	Multiprocessors in Many Boxes
5-2	Concluding Remarks		Assn #8