CS 91.203 Computer Organization and Assembly Language, Spring 2008

Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m., 401 Olsen Hall

Prof. Gary Livingston
Computer Science Department
University of Massachusetts Lowell

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Announcements

Course email group: http://weblab.cs.uml.edu/mailman/listinfo/91_203_spring_2008

Link to Appendix B

Link to For More Practice for Appendix B, needed for problem B.17.

Link for downloading Logisim

Link for downloading PCSpim

Syllabus

Textbook

Computer Organization and Design – The Hardware/Software Interface, 3^rd Edition

David Patterson and John Hennessy

Morgan & Kaufmann

Regrade request form

Contact information

Office:	301B Olsen Hall
Office hours:	Tuesdays, 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., Thursdays, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., and by appointment.
Phone:	978-934-4694
E-mail:	gary@cs.uml.edu
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Practice tests

Test 1

Test 2

Test 3

Final

Schedule:

Date	Class	Topics	Required Reading	Homework	Handouts
1/29	1	Introduction, binary, hex	Ch. 1, 2.1 – 2.2, A.8 – A.10	HW1, due 2/5	Exercise 1: Simple MIPS
1/31	2	Basic assembly programming, SPIM	Ch. 2.3		Exercise 2: Binary, hex, decimal conversion
2/5	3	Basic assembly programming		HW2, due 2/12	Exercise 3: Arrays
2/7	4	Manual assembly	Ch. 2.4		Data section demo Exercise 4: PCSPIM
2/12	5	Conditional programming	Ch. 2.6	HW3, due 2/21	Exercise 5: Practice
2/14	6	Conditional programming			Exercise 6: Hand Assembly
2/19		No class (Monday schedule)
2/21	7	Slack			Exercise 7: Arrays & Condiitonals
2/26	8	Test 1, Classes 1-6		HW4, due 3/4
2/28	9	Procedures	Ch. 2.7, A.6		Exercise 8: Conditionals
3/4	10	Procedures		HW5, due 3/11	Exercise 9: Procedures
3/6	11	Procedures			Exercise 10: Stack frames and Tracing
S3/11	12	Miscellaneous	Ch. 2.6, 2.8	HW6, due 3/25	Exercise 11: Ands and Masks
3/13	13	Miscellaneous	Ch. 2.9		Exercise 12: MIPS addressing modes
3/18 & 3/20		Spring Break
3/25	14	Slack	Ch. 3.1 – 3.3, 3.6		Exercise 13: Practice
3/27	15	Test 2, Classes 7-13
4/1	16	Numbers	B.1 – B.3	HW7, due 4/8	Exercise 14: Multiplexors and Logisim
4/3	17	Introduction to Logic Design			Exercise 15: Designing an ALU
4/8	18	ALU	B.5	HW8, due 4/15
4/11	19	ALU			Exercise 16: State Devices
4/15	20	Slack		HW9, due 4/22
4/17	21	Sequential logic	B.7 – B.9, Ch. 5.1, 5.2		Exercise 17: CPU Subunits
4/22	22	Sequential logic	Ch. 5.3 – 5.4		Exercise 18: Practice
4/24	23	Test 3, Classes 14-20
4/29	24	CPU		HW10, due 5/6 Logisim library for HW10
5/1	25	CPU			Exercise 19: CPU Control
5/6	26	Multicycle CPU	Ch. 5.5	HW11, due 5/13 Files for HW11	Exercise 20: Singlecycle Performance
5/8	27	Multicycle CPU
5/13	28	Slack/review	Chs. 1.4 – 1.7, 2.16 – 2.19, 3.8 – 3.10, 5.9 – 5.12, 6.2 – 6.2		Exercise 21: Multicycle Control
5/15		No class (Reading Day)
5/16 – 5/20		Finals week – cumulative final