Computer Architectue I (1DT016)
Teaching Staff
- Lectures
- Laboratories
Textbooks
Structured Computer Organization (Fifth Edition) by Andrew S. Tanenbaum. Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006. ISBN 0-13-148521-0.
Introduction to RISC Assembly Language Programming by John Waldron. Addison Wesley, 1999. ISBN 0-201-39828-1.
Schedule
Note: Topics and reading assignments will be filled in later.
Session | Date | Time | Location | Topics | Reading | Lecture Slides |
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1 | Friday, 28 September | 9-12 | P1245 | Introductions, computer organization overview, introduction to assembly language programming | Tanenbaum: Chapter 1, Waldron: Chapters 1-4.4 |
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2 | Friday, 28 September | 13-15 | P1245 | Assembly language programming | Waldron: Chapters 4.5-5 |
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3 | Friday, 28 September | 15-17 | P1549D | Laboratory 1 introduction | ||
4 | Saturday, 29 September | 9-12 | P1245 | Assembly language programming | Waldron: Chapters 6-8 |
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5 | Saturday, 29 September | 12-15 | P549D | Laboratory 1 | ||
6 | Friday, 19 October | 9-12 | P1245 | Floating point numbers, computer systems organization | Tanenbaum: Appendix B, Chapter 2 |
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7 | Friday, 19 October | 13-15 | P1549D | Laboratory 2 introduction | ||
8 | Friday, 19 October | 15-17 | P1245 | Digital logic | Tanenbaum: Chapter 3 |
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9 | Saturday, 20 October | 9-12 | P1245 | Microarchitecture | Tanenbaum: Chapter 4 |
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10 | Saturday, 20 October | 12-15 | P1549D | Laboratory 2 | ||
11 | Friday, 16 November | 9-12 | P1245 | Instruction set architecture | Tanenbaum: Chapter 5 |
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12 | Friday, 16 November | 13-15 | P1245 | Operating system machine level | Tanenbaum: Chapter 6 |
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13 | Friday, 16 November | 15-17 | P1549D | Laboratory 3 introduction | ||
14 | Saturday, 17 November | 9-12 | P1245 | Parallel computer architectures | Tanenbaum: Chapter 8 |
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15 | Saturday, 17 November | 12-152 | P1549D | Laboratory 3 |
Final Exam: Saturday, 15 December
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