Grading

Problem Sets:     25%

Quizzes:              15%

Two Midterms:  30%

Final Exam:        30%

Meeting Times

Mondays & Wednesdays

9:30-10:45am

SN011

The Team

Prof. Montek Singh

Instructor

FB234 (Brooks Building)

Office Hours:  Mon 11am-1pm

John Hansen

Teaching Assistant

SN023 (Sitterson Hall)

Office Hours:  Tue 2-4pm

HOMEWORK

Problem Set #1 (due Sep 9)

Problem Set #2 (due Sep 23)

Problem Set #3 (due Sep 30)

1. •Assembly template file for Prob. 2:  ps3.asm
   

Problem Set #4 (due Oct 21)

1. •Assembly template files:  ps4atoi.asm, ps4fib.asm, ps4complete.asm
   

Problem Set #5 (due Nov 4)

Problem Set #6 (due Nov 16)

Problem Set #7 (due Dec 7) [LAST ONE]

GRADES

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Ranks (as of Dec 1)

LECTURES

Lecture 1:  Introduction (Aug 26)

1. •Reading:  Ch. 1
   

Lecture 2:  Information Encoding (Aug 31)

1. •Reading:  Ch. 2.4
   

Lecture 3:  Instruction Sets (Sep 2-9)

1. •Reading:  Ch. 2.1-2.3, 2.5-2.7
   

Lecture 4:  Addressing Modes (Sep 14)

1. •Reading:  Ch. 2.3, 2.10
   

Lecture 5:  Assembly and Simulator (Sep 16)

1. •Reading:  Ch. 2.9, Appendix B.1-B.5
   

2. •Sum example (Sum.asm)
   

3. •Sum Array example (SumArray.asm)
   

4. •Fibonacci example (Fibonacci1.asm)
   

5. •Another Fibonacci example (Fibonacci2.asm)
   

Lecture 6:  Stacks and Procedures (Sep 21)

1. •Reading:  Ch. 2.8, Appendix B.6
   

Quizz #1 (Sep 23)

1. •Material covered:  All lectures & readings up until Sep 21; and
   problem set #1
   

2. •MEAN = 8/10, MEDIAN = 8/10
   

Lecture 7:  Assembler and Compiler (Sep 23)

1. •Reading:  Ch. 2.12-2.14
   

2. •Skim:  Ch. 2.16-2.19
   

Lecture 8:  Transistors and Logic (Sep 30-Oct 5)

1. •Reading:  Appendix C.1-C.3
   

MIDTERM #1 (Oct 7)

1. •Sample questions
   

2. •MEAN = 24.4/35, MEDIAN = 26/35
   

Oct 12:  University Day (class canceled)

Lecture 9:  Arithmetic Circuits:  Addition & Subtraction (Oct 14)

1. •Reading:  Ch. 3.1-3.2, Appendix C.5-C.6
   

2. •Skim:  Appendix C.4
   

Lecture 10:  Multiplication and Division (Oct 19)

1. •Reading:  Ch. 3.1-3.4 (including Booth encoding)
   

Lecture 11:  Floating-Point Arithmetic (Oct 21)

1. •Reading:  Ch. 3.5
   

2. •Skim:  Ch. 3.6-3.8
   

Lecture 12:  Performance (Oct 26-28)

1. •Reading:  Ch. 1.4
   

Lecture 13:  Memory Elements (Oct 28-Nov 2)

1. •Reading:  Appendix C.7-C.9
   

Lecture 14:  Control & Execution (Nov 4)

1. •Reading:  Appendix C.10-C.12
   

Quizz #2 (Nov 4)

1. •Material covered:  Lectures 8-12, corresponding readings, and problem sets 4-5.
   

2. •MEAN = 7.2/10, MEDIAN = 8/10
   

Lecture 15:  Let’s Build a Computer! (Nov 9-11)

1. •Reading:  Ch. 4.1-4.4
   

Lecture 16:  Pipelining (Nov 16)

1. •Reading:  Ch. 4.5-4.6
   

MIDTERM #2 (Nov 18)

1. •Material covered:  All lectures starting with Lecture 8 Slide 22 and ending with Lecture 16 Slide 21; all associated readings; and Problem Sets 4-6.
   

2. •Multiple-choice and short-answer questions
   

3. •75 minutes in duration
   

4. •Open-book, open-notes, calculator allowed
   

5. •No internet access, except for accessing class website
   

6. •Laptop allowed for accessing CD supplement
   

7. •No use of MIPS/MARS simulators
   

Lecture 17:  Pipelining Issues (Nov 23-30)

1. •Reading:  Ch. 4.7-4.8
   

Lecture 18:  Memory Hierarchy (Dec 2)

1. •Reading:  Ch. 5.1-5.2
   

Lecture 19:  Caches and Virtual Memory (Dec 7)

1. •Reading:  Ch. 5.2-5.4
   

Quizz #3 (Dec 7)

1. •Material covered:  Lectures 16-19, corresponding readings, and problem sets 6-7.
   

2. •Open-book, open-notes, etc., as usual.
   

Lecture 20:  Operating System and Input/Output (Dec 9)

1. •No assigned reading
   

FINAL EXAM (Fri, Dec 11, 8-11am, SN011)

1. •Material covered:  All lectures, readings, problem sets
   

2. •Multiple-choice and short-answer questions, and some slightly longer questions
   

3. •May be slightly shorter than the full 3 hours
   

4. •Open-book, open-notes, calculator allowed
   

5. •No internet access, except for accessing class website
   

6. •Laptop allowed for accessing CD supplement
   

7. •No use of MIPS/MARS simulators
   

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