CDA4101 Structured Computer Organization

Professor: Nagarajan Prabakar (naa-ga-raa-jan pra-baa-kar)

Phone: 305-348-2033 E-mail: prabakar@cis.fiu.edu Office: ECS-382

Office Hours: ECS-382 (Aug 20 - Dec 4)

Tue/Thu: 4:00-4:45pm, 6:30-7:30pm, 9:15-10:00pm
or by appointment

Catalog Description:

Covers the levels of organization in a computer: Design of memory, buses, ALU, CPU; design of microprogram. Covers virtual memory, I/O, multiple processes, CISC, RISC and parallel architectures.

Textbook:

"Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware-Software Interface, ARM Edition" by David A. Patterson and John L. Hennessy.
We will be using the electronic interactive version, available through ZyBooks. To subscribe, visit https://learn.zybooks.com, enter code FIUCDA4101PrabakarFall2018 and click ‘Subscribe’.

Prerequisites Courses:

CDA 3103, COP 3337 and (MAD 2104 or COT 3100)

Prerequisites Topics:

Digital logic and boolean algebra

Machine level representation of data

Assembly level machine organization

Fundamental data structures

Course Outcomes:

Digital logic and boolean algebMaster the design of memory, ALU, control unit, and design of microprogram

Be familiar with cache architectures, branch predictions and scheduling of multiple instruction issue

Be familiar with instruction set architecture, interrupts, and traps

Be familiar with CISC and RISC architectures, and parallel computer configurations

Be exposed to shared-memory and taxonomy of parallel architectures

Grading:

5% Class participation

10% ZyBook participation activities

25% projects

10% quizzes

25% midterm exam (Oct 11th)

25% final exam (Dec 4th: 7:15pm - 9:15pm)

I will use the following relative grading scheme.

Other Issues:

I expect you to maintain a high level of academic integrity in this course. Please read FIU's Code of Academic Integrity. You are allowed to consult other books in solving assignment problems, or to discuss the problems with other students, but you must do your assignments on your own.

For each assignmnet, you must upload the soft copy of the assignment through Canvas before the deadline and submit a printed copy of the assignment along with the signed originality declaration, in class on the due date.

I will grant incompletes only in extreme circumstances, such as medical emergencies with proper documentation.

I expect you to attend class regularly and promptly, and to participate in discussions. Feel free to ask questions -- if something is unclear to you, it is probably unclear to others as well.

System: John C. Comfort Lab (ECS 241)

PC workstations