BOGAZIÇI UNIVERSITY Computer Engineering Department

Course : CmpE 344 Computer Organization
Term : Fall 2003-2004
Instructor : Prof.Dr.Oguz Tosun
Textbook : D.A.Patterson & J.L.Hennessy,”Computer Organization & Design :The
Hardware/Software Interface” 2nd edition,Morgan Kaufmann Pub.,1998.

COURSE DESCRIPTION :

This course presents the organization and assembly level programming of a serial machine (Von Neumann Architecture) with an introduction to alternative architectures like multicomputers.Structural organization and design of computer subsystems (ALU,Control Unit,Memory and I/O units) are provided and their interconnection topologies are considered.Instruction execution on such organizations is explained in detail.

COURSE OUTLINE :

1. INTRODUCTION
a. The computer system
b. Design for performance
2. ASSEMBLY LEVEL MACHINE ORGANIZATION
a. Instruction set design
b. Addressing modes
3. CPU ORGANIZATION
a. Data operative part and computer arithmetic
b. Data path design & Internal bus structures
c. Control unit hardwired vs.microprogrammed
d. Pipelined processor
4. MEMORY ORGANIZATION
a. Memory hierarchy
b. Cache memory and performance issues
c. Virtual memory
d. Memory management techniques
5. INPUT/OUTPUT ORGANIZATION
a. I/O devices and interfaces
b. Synchronous vs asynchronous data transfer
c. Bus arbitration and standarts
d. Polling,interrupt I/O & DMA
e. I/O system design
6. ARCHITECTURAL TRENDS
a. Shared Memory multi processors
b. Message passing multiprocessors

LABWORK :

As you work through the lab.you will be guided by a series of programming tasks starting with simple machine code programs and ending with more complex programming techniques in assembly code.Your progress will be monitored by the student assesment questions at the end of each lab. Session. The lab. contents will include :

• 80X86 machine code programming
• program development and debugging
• addressing modes
• advanced programming techniques
• programming the input/output ports
• interrupts and other exceptions
• programming timers
• Application program design

EXAMS AND GRADING :

EXAM DATE WEIGHT(%)
Midterm#1 (03.11.2003) 25%
Midterm#2 (15.12.2003) 25%
Final TBA 35%
Labwork Every week 15%

ATTENDANCE :

You must attend the lectures for max. comprehension of topics and and success in exams.Attendance will be taken on regular basis.Poor attendance may effect your grade in case it is calculated in the boundary of two successive letter grades.