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CSCE 312 Computer Organization

CSCE 312 Computer Organization. Lecture 0: Course Administration EJ Kim ejkim@cse.tamu.edu Department of Computer Science and Engineering 338B Bright 979-845-3660 http://courses.cse.tamu.edu/e jkim/312. CSCE 312: Computer Organization. Class Schedule

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CSCE 312 Computer Organization

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  1. CSCE 312 Computer Organization Lecture 0: Course Administration EJ Kim ejkim@cse.tamu.edu Department of Computer Science and Engineering 338B Bright 979-845-3660 http://courses.cse.tamu.edu/ejkim/312

  2. CSCE 312: Computer Organization • Class Schedule • Lectures TR 11:10AM ~ 12:25PM ETB 1020 • Labs • CSCE312-501 M04:10 pm-05:50 pmRDMC 111H • CSCE312-502 M10:20 am-12:00 pmRDMC 111C • Instructor: EJ Kim • Office Hour: MW 2:30PM ~ 3:30PM. • Office: HRBB 338B • TA: Hyunjun Jang (338C) • Email: hyunjun@cse.tamu.edu

  3. CSCE 312: Computer Organization • Books • Computer Systems: A Programmer’s Perspective, Randal Bryant and David O’Hallaron, Prentice Hall, 2011 (2nd edition) • Digital Design, Frank Vahid, John Wiley & Sons, 2011 (2nd edition) • Optional Reference • The C Programming Language, 2nd Ed. (ANSI C version) or later, Kernighan & Ritchie, Prentice Hall • Helpful in learning the operating system and programming environment

  4. Course Overview • The goal of this course is to introduce the fundamental organization and structure of computer systems. • Topics include: • Computer systems (overview) • Data representation • Machine language • Processor architecture • Memory hierarchy • Linking • Exception control flow • Virtual memory • System level I/O

  5. Programmer Perspective • Traditional Computer Organization courses are presented in a bottom-up (hardware-oriented) fashion • We will take a top-down approach, that is, a software-oriented or “programmer’s perspective” of computer systems

  6. Prerequisites • CSCE 221 • Mastery of data structures including list, stack, and queue • Familiarity with recursion • Some knowledge of complexity analysis

  7. Grading • Homework 15% • Labs 20% • Quizzes 25% • Final Exam 25% • Project 15% • No midterm

  8. Assignments • Homework assigned ~bi-weekly • Mix of individual and team assignments, which will include programming exercises and problems from your textbooks • Assignments will be due at the beginning of the class

  9. Programming • Computing platform: Linux • Programming languages: C and Y86 Assembly • All programming must follow the JDE Coding Standard (see the course Web page, http://www.cse.unl.edu/~goddard/Courses/CSCE310J/StandardHandouts/JdeCodingStandardV3.pdf) • Program correctness is assumed…

  10. Quizzes • Five quizzes will be given and no midterm • 25 minutes in length • Format • Brief explanation of concepts based on the reading assignment for pending lecture • Questions on material already discussed in class

  11. Homework • Late home work will have penalty @ 25% per day • Genuine difficulties must be discussed with instructor and TA • Do not cut classes to do your homework

  12. Earning Grades in this Course • Want to get an “A” grade? • Attend all classes, do homework, do reading, do labs, do projects, participate in class • Want to get a “D” grade (or worse)? • Skip class, skip assignments, do not do reading, do not be attentive or avoid taking notes in the class, do not study

  13. Summary • Read syllabus on course details • We shall study computer organization from a programmer’s perspective • A lot of work in the class • Key knowledge about the hardware/software interface

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