University of Jordan

Computer Engineering Department

CPE 335: Computer Organization

Spring 2008

 

Instructor Dr. Gheith Abandah  
Email abandah@ju.edu.jo  
Homepage http://www.abandah.com/gheith/Courses/CPE335_S08
Office Computer Engineering 405  
Office Hours
bulletSun 10:00 - 11:00
bulletMon and Wed 10:00 - 11:00
bulletThu 11:00 - 12:00
  
Prerequisites CPE 231: Digital Logic
Time and Room
bulletSection 1: Sun, Tue, and Thu 8:00-9:000, Middle Auditorium (Dr. Elmousa)
bulletSection 2: Sun, Tue, and Thu 10:00-11:00, CPE 001 (Dr. Rabadi)
bulletSection 3: Mon and Wed 8:00-8:30, CE 002 (Dr. Elmousa)
bulletSection 4: Mon and Wed 11:00-12:30, CPE 001 (Dr. Abandah)
Textbook Patterson and Hennessy. Computer Organization & Design: The Hardware/Software Interface, 3rd ed., Morgan Kaufmann, 2005.
References

  1. Hennessy and Patterson. Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach, 3rd ed., Morgan Kaufmann, 2002.

  2. J. Hayes. Computer Architecture and Organization, 3rd ed., McGraw-Hill, 1998.

  3. M. Mano. Computer System Architecture, 3rd ed., Prentice Hall, 1993.
Grading
Midterm Exam 30%
3 Homeworks and 2 Quizzes: 3 Marks for each homework, and 11 marks for the 2 quizzes. 20%
Final Exam 50%
   
Policies
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Attendance is required.

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All submitted work must be yours.

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Cheating will not be tolerated.

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Homeworks are due on exam or quiz dates

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This course requires significant effort.
Tentative Outline
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Introduction

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MIPS Instruction Set

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Computer Arithmetic

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CPU Performance

Midterm Exam

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Datapath Design

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Control Design

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Pipelining

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Memory Hierarchy

Final Exam

Special Dates
Sun 10 Feb 2008 Classes Begin
Wed 27 Feb 2008 Homework 1 Announcement
Wed 5 Mar 2008 Quiz 1 and Homework 1 Due
Wed 26 Mar 2008 Homework 2 Announcement
Wed 2 Apr 2008 Midterm Exam and Homework 2 Due
Wed 23 Apr 2008 Homework 3 Announcement
Mon 5 May 2008 Quiz 2 and Homework 3 Due
Tue 27 May 2008 Last Lecture
Wed 4 Jun 2008 Final Exam (Tentative)
Handouts Course Outline

Slides

  1. Introduction
  2. MIPS Instruction Set
  3. MIPS Arithmetic - Part I
  4. MIPS Arithmetic - Part II
  5. Understanding Performance
  6. The Processor: Datapath and Control - Part I
  7. The Processor: Datapath and Control - Part II
  8. Basic MIPS Pipeline
  9. Memory Hierarchy
  10. Cache Organization
  11. Improving Cache Performance
  12. Virtual Memory Hardware Support

Homeworks

  1. Homework 1 - Due Mar 5, 2008, Solution
  2. Homework 2 - Due Apr 2, 2008, Solution
  3. Homework 3 - Due May 5, 2008, Solution

Quizzes and Exams

  1. Solutions of quizzes given on Wed Mar 5, 2008: Q1A, Q1B
  2. Solution of midterm exam given on Apr 2, 2008.
  3. Solutions of quizzes given on Mon May 5, 2008: Q2A, Q2B

Grades