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91.305 Assignment 1: Introduction to Architecture

due Monday, September 8

1. Go to the course home page http://www.cs.uml.edu/~fredm/courses/91.305/ and click on the link to the ikonboard area (in the pink resources menu at the top of the page).

   Create a log-in for yourself on the ikonboard. Find the “secret message” posted on the 91.305 course area and write it down on the homework that you turn in.

2. Read Chapter 1 of Bryant and O’Hallaron (pages 1–21).

3. Find a PC, unscrew its cover, and examine its motherboard. Locate the physical components that perform the functions shown in Figure 1.4 of the book, including (at least) the CPU, I/O bridge, main memory, disk controller, and graphics adapter.

   Now, make a drawing showing how these components are physically arranged. The drawing should roughly be to scale of the dimensions of the machine you are examining. On the drawing, indicate which component is performing which function. Also, indicate the manufacturer and part number of each of these components.

   Some notes on this:

   • You don’t have to use a computer program to make the drawing. A hand-drawn sketch is perfectly acceptable.

   • You may have to do some research to figure out what’s what! Try typing part codes into Google to figure out what various components are.

   • Find an old clunker PC – older machines may be easier to work with. Also, it doesn’t have to be an Intel-based PC; a Macintosh, DEC Alpha, Commodore or whatever is fine.

   • If you are totally stuck, I have two old PCs in my lab you can dissect. Come to OS 306 during lab hours.