Computer Architecture (2011 spring)
　

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l           Instructor: Chia-Lin Yang (楊佳玲)
Email: yangc@csie.ntu.edu.tw
Office: CSIE R411
Office Hours: Tue. 14~15 (R411)

　

l           TA: Chao-Hsien Hsu (許照賢)
E-mail: d99922011@ntu.edu.tw
Office: Embedded Computing Lab, CSIE R308
Office Hours:  Fri. 10~12 (R106)

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l           TA: Yao-Qing Wang (王耀慶)
E-mail: r99922147@csie.ntu.edu.tw
Office: Embedded Computing Lab, CSIE R308
Office Hours:  Mon. 10~12 (R106)

　

Course Contents:

The goal of this course is to show how your computer does what you command. The topics covered in this course include instruction set design, control/datapath of processor core, memory hierarchy and storage system. We will also have brief discussion on advanced topics such as multiprocessor and low power processor design.

Textbook & Reference Books:

  • Computer Organization & Design. The Hardware/Software Interface. 4th Edition, David A. Patterson and John L. Hennessy.

Course Outline:

  • Course Introduction
  • Instruction Set(I)
  • Instruction Set(II)
  • Performance Evaluation  
  • Arithmetic Unit
  • Single-cycle Datapath and Control Unit
  • Multi-cycle Datapath and Control Unit
  • Pipeline (I)
  • Pipeline (II)
  • Memory Hierarchy (I)
  • Memory Hierarchy (II)
  • Storage
  • Parallel Architecture
  • Low Power Architecture

Grading Policy:

  • 30% Homework (Textbook exercise, MIPS assembly programming, simulator developments)
  • 65% Exams (30% for Midterm and 35% for FinalExam)
  • 5% Class participation