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Class/Laboratory Schedule:

Class/Laboratory Schedule: Three 50 minutes lectures, One 180 minutes lab per week (3-3-4)

Designation:

Required Course

Course Level:

Undergraduate

Prerequisites

Prerequisite(s) by Topic:

Fundamental programming constructs
Digital logic and digital systems
Machine level representation

Prerequisite Courses:

COE 202: Digital Logic Design

ICS 201: Introduction to Computing II

Catalog Description:

Machine organization; Assembly language: addressing, stacks, argument passing, arithmetic operations, decisions, modularization; Input/Output Operations and Interrupts; Memory Hierarchy and Cache memory; Pipeline Design Techniques; Super-scalar architecture; Parallel Architectures.

Textbook(s):

Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware / Software Interface. Third Edition. David A. Patterson and John L. Hennessy. Morgan Kaufmann, 2004.

MIPS Assembly Language Programming. Robert L. Britton. Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004. (Laboratory textbook)

Course Outcomes:

Analyze, write, and test MIPS assembly language programs.
Describe the organization and operation of integer and floating-point arithmetic units.
Apply knowledge of mathematics in CPU performance and in speedup computation.
Design the datapath and control of a processor.
Use simulator tools in the analysis of assembly language programs and in CPU design.

Topics Covered:

Data Representation
Instruction Set Architecture
MIPS Assembly Language Programming
Procedures and the Runtime Stack
Integer and Floating-point Arithmetic and ALU design
MIPS floating-point coprocessor and instructions
CPU Performance
Single-Cycle Datapath and Control Design
Pipelined Datapath and Control
Memory System Design

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