Class Notes

CSCI 330 - Computer Organization and Architecture.

• When; 8:50 - 9:50, MTRF, Spring 2002.
• Office Hours; 8:50 - 9:50 Wednesday by prior request (in the classroom).
• Text; Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface, Second Edition, David A. Patterson and John L. Hennessy.
• Course Syllabus.
• Homework Assignments;
  1. due 3/29/02
  2. due 4/5/02
  3. due 4/12/02
  4. due 4/19/02
  5. due 4/26/02
  6. due 5/6/02
  7. due 5/10/02
  8. due 5/23/02
• Lecture Slides;
  1. Intel IA32 (80x86) Microprocessors
  2. IBM/Motorola PowerPC Microprocessors
  3. Transmeta Crusoe Microprocessors
  4. Basic Computer Organization
  5. Review of Technology and Trends
  6. Cost & Performance
  7. Instruction Sets, part 1
  8. Instruction Sets, part 2
  9. Instruction Sets, part 3
  10. The CPU, part 1, Single Cycle
  11. The CPU, part 2, Multicycle
  12. The CPU, part 3, Microcode & Exceptions
  13. Pipelines, part 1, Introduction
  14. Pipelines, part 2, Hazards
  15. Memory, part 1, The Hierarchy
  16. Memory, part 2, Memory Organization
  17. Memory, part 3, Caching
  18. Memory, part 4, Virtual Memory
  19. I/O, part 1, Introduction to Storage Devices
  20. I/O, part 2, Networks & Interconnect
  21. I/O, part 3, Introduction to Queuing Theory
  22. I/O, Part 4, RAID
  23. Parallel Processing