CS
330 Computer Organization and Architecture
(Fall 2008)
Prerequisite: CS 221
Key Information
Lecture time: 8:00a-8:50a MWF, EPS 108
Instructor: Year-Back Yoo, yoo@cs.montana.edu
Office hours: 9-11 M, 11-12 T, 9-10 W
Textbook: Stallings, Computer Organization and Architecture, 7th Ed
TA: Grant Nelson
E-mail: grantn@cs.montana.edu
Office EPS 348
Office Hours: 10-12 + 1–3 T
Course Outline
The computer lies at the heart of computing. Students who major
in computer science should understand the function and the
structure of each basic component of a computer system and
their interaction. Without this knowledge a computer system
is merely a black box that execute their programs magically.
The objectives of this course are:
1. Understand the fundamentals of logic design and be able to apply
the basic principles to computer components.
2. Understand the structure of a computer system.
3. Understand how the CPU execute computer programs.
4. Understand the structure of the memory system
5. Understand I/O system
6. Understand how the control unit operates.
7. Be able to read and write assembly language programs.
The
assessment how well the course objectives were met will be based on the
followings:
o Homework
– for students to improve understanding of the course material and
for the instructor to verify that progress has
made. (1,2,3,4,5,6)
o Midterm and Final exams – for the students to verify their level
of understanding of the fundamental concepts
(1,2,3,4,5,6);
for the instructor to assess the students' understanding of
the
course material (1,2,3,4,5,6)
o Project - for students to understand the
inner workings of a computer system by
building a small computer themselves. (1,2,3,6)
o Programming assignments - to evaluate the
skill of assembly language programming (7)
Course
Outcomes
By the end of the course, students will be able to
-
Boolean algebra
-
simplification
using algebraic, K-map, or QM method
- digital
circuits - combinatorial and sequential
- designing adder, register, and counter
- understand
different number systems, including conversion methods
- identify
and explain major components of a computer system
- explain
instruction cycle and interrupt
- understand
memory system
-
memory hierarchy
-
cache memory design
-
main memory types
-
design of memory module
-
Hamming code for single-error correction
-
disk and tape organization
-
programmed i/o
-
interrupt-driven
i/o
-
direct memory access
- understand
computer arithmetic
-
integer and floating-point representation
-
big- and little-endian
-
addition and multiplication
- understand
CPU structure and function
-
instruction set design
-
the usage of stacks
-
addressing mode
-
the internal structure of the CPU – ALU, registers,
control unit
-
instruction pipelining
- understand
the RISC approach
- understand
superscalar processors
- understand
the control unit
-
micro-operations
- (micro-programmed
control)
- understand
parallel processing
-
parallel processor organizations
-
shared-memory versus distributed-memory architecture
- write programs
in assembly language
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Grading
Scheme
Team Project
20%
Programming
20%
Quiz/Homework
20%
Midterm
15%
Final
25%
Grading Scale: A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- D+ D D- F -------------------------------------------------------- 93 90 87 83 80 77 73 70 67 63 60
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