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ECE200 – Computer Organization

ECE200 – Computer Organization. Course Introduction. What is ECE200 about?. The high-level hardware organization… Above logic design such as gates and state machines and the low-level assembly language software… Below high-level languages like C++ …of computer systems

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ECE200 – Computer Organization

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  1. ECE200 – Computer Organization Course Introduction

  2. What is ECE200 about? The high-level hardware organization… • Above logic design such as gates and state machines and the low-level assembly language software… • Below high-level languages like C++ …of computer systems • In other words, the answers to 3 questions • What are the tradeoffs in designing the assembly/machine language for a computer? • Once the assembly language has been specified, what are the tradeoffs in designing the processor and memory hierarchy? (the bulk of the course) • How do I take the resulting microprocessor and build a useful system (including input/output) around it?

  3. ECE200 is largely about this:

  4. What is ECE200 not about? • Stimulating mathematical formulations • Topics that smoothly transition into each other • In depth discussions of a manageably small number of topics

  5. Where ECE200 fits in the curriculum

  6. Administrative info • Instructor: Professor Dave Albonesi • Office: CSB411 • Email: albonesi@ece.rochester.edu • Phone: 5-3870 • Office hours: Monday/Wednesday 2-2:30 and by appointment • Course web page • www.ece.rochester.edu/~albonesi/ece200.html • TAs: • Ruke Huang, hrk1@ece.rochester.edu • Muhammad Rashid, rashid@ece.rochester.edu • Rong Song, rosong@ece.rochester.edu • Office hours: TBD • All lab and homework grading questions should be directed to the TAs first

  7. Course sections • Lectures • Monday, Wednesday, Friday 1-1:50pm, CSB209 • Recitation • Friday 2-3:15pm, CSB523 • Run by TAs • Cover homework/exam solutions, detailed problems, tools • No recitation this week • Labs • Tuesday, Thursday, 4:50-6:20pm, Hopeman 202 • Run by TAs • No lab this week

  8. Course details • Textbooks • Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface, Patterson and Hennessy, 2nd edition (check www.mkp.com for errata), Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 1998 • Chapters 1-7, parts of 8 and 9 • Maybe the Motorola HC11 reference manuals (provided later) • Prerequisites • ECE112 • ECE114 • Grading • 30% homework • 30% labs • 20% midterm • 20% final

  9. Homeworks • Designed to go a step beyond the lecture material • The homework for a chapter should be turned inin classone week after we finish the chapter in lecture • 20% penalty assessed for each day late • Homework concepts can be discussed together, but solutions must be generated independently by each student • Violations may result in failing the course • Homework solutions will be posted outside my office five days after the assignment is due

  10. Labs • Design and test a processor using VHDL and Altera (using knowledge gained in ECE112) • Gradually build up over the course of the semester • Each lab group (maximum 2-3 students) must work independently of all others • Violations may result in failing the course

  11. How to do well in this class • Come to lectures and come prepared • Read book sections that we will be covering in advance • Resist the temptation to skip class and download the slides • We will cover some things beyond the slides that will appear on the exams • Hit the homework problems related to a chapter section right after we finish it in lecture • Waiting until the last minute will be disastrous for later chapters • Don’t wait until the last minute to start the labs • Start studying for the midterm and final a week in advance • Material is not that hard, but there is a wealth of it • Come to office hours if you don’t understand something from lecture

  12. Questions?

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