ICSS520/ICSG720 Computer Architecture Spring 973

What's New

• May 1st: Small change to the description of the DLX flow reference.
• April 28th: Added notes for project 2 about the movement of data in the DLX
• April 27th: Added Homework 5. Make sure to look at the printed copy for what I'm looking for on problem 3.1.
• April 13th: Added Homework 4
• April 6th:
  • Added project 2
  • Added reference to a book on control sequencers in document section.
  • Added Homework 3: Make sure to note that the due date on the printed copy is incorrect, the correct due date is below.
• March 25th: Corrected Project 2. Updated the sample execution to correct the name of the jump command to JUMP not JMP.
• March 24th: Added Homework 2
• March 16th: Added Project 1
• March 11th: Added Homework 1
• March 6th: New quarter

Syllabus

• ICSG720 Grad Syllabus
• ICSG720 Termpaper Requirements
• ICSS520 Under-grad Syllabus

ICSS520 Homework

NOTE all homework is due at the beginning of class.

• Homework 1 Due date: Mar. 23
• Homework 2 Due date: April 6
• Homework 3 Due date: April 13th
• Homework 4 Due date: April 27th
• Homework 5 Due date: May 11th

Projects

NOTE all Projects are electronically submitted and are due at midnight on the specified date.

• Project 1 Due date: April 1st.
  • Check is Documents section for links to various sim1 information.
  • 972 Project 1 notes
  • Other Project 1 notes
• Project 2 Due date: May 4th.
  • DLX data movement. A description of the bus system and flow of data in the DLX.
  • If you are working on a team then you have to submit a team evaluation.
  • Check is Documents section for links to various dlx information.
  • 972 Project 2 notes
  • 971 Project 2 notes
  • 963 Project 2 notes
  • 962 Project 2 notes
  • description of dlx machine with RTL

Exams

The planned date for exam 1 is during week 6

Planned date is April 15th

The planned date for exam 2 is during finals week?

Exam 2 will be on May 18th

Documents

• Refence book for information on control sequencers:

  Computer System Architecture 3rd edition by M. Morris Mano, Prentice-Hall Inc. 1993

  Specificly look for information in:

  • Chapter 5, Basic Computer Organization and Design
  • Chapter 7, Microprogrammed Control

  Note this book is used by the Computer Organization class (0603-352) so should be available in the bookstore.

• Links to various sim1 information
• Links to various DLX information
• Preparing color transparencies for ###-clp1
• The color printer is loaded with transparencies, which are fairly expensive commodities, so it is important that you prepare your slides properly and preview them before printing to avoid waste (and to keep us from having a lab fee!)
• The name of the printer is NOT ###-clp1. Ask your professor, or lab assistant for specifics.
• Also the ###-clp1 printer is not generally available for student printing, so before you use it, check with the instructor to make sure it is available.
• CS III standards document for C++. Note these are only a guideline for how I want your code to look. Specifically I want your code to be neat, clear, and consistant. I'm looking for:
• reasonable length functions
• program file headers with your name
• function and class headers
• clear and consistant indentation
• Side note, make sure your NAME is on every document and file you send to me.
• C++ arch library documentation files
• Jim Heliotis has a public directory containing a large number of useful files for the "arch" package and this course. The path is:
• /usr/local/pub/jeh/Architecture
• Beginners guide to high performance computing (some nice definitions). High Performance Computing . A little simple, but it could be useful.