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CPEG 323 – Fall 2008

Topics in Computer System Engineering – Computer Organization and Design

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Instructor: Prof. Guang R. GaoOffice: 312 DuPont HallPhone: 831-8218email: ggao@eecis.udel.edu

Co-Instructor/Coordinators:Joseph Manzano

Office: 306 DuPont HallPhone: 831-0332Email: jmanzano@capsl.udel.edu

TA: Thomas St. JohnOffice: DuPont Hall 326 Phone: 831-0327Email: stjohn@capsl.udel.edu

Admin. Information

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Admin (Cont’d)

Assistant Coordinator

Elkin DuPont 334 831-3276 egarcia@UDel.Edu

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Important Dates

Oct. 22 (Wednesday) : quiz 1 (tentative) Dec. 3rd (Wednesday) : quiz 2 (tentative)

Course work will carry the following weights towards your final grade:

Homework, Lab and Class Participation: 10%Quizzes: 70%Project: 20%

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Reference Books

1. John Hennessy and David PattersonComputer Organization and Design3rd Edition/revisedMorgan Kaufmann Publishers, Inc.2004/2007

2. Other reference books/papers to be announced

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About the Reference Book

A table to show SW/HW paths for the book A Green Card Understanding program performance Real Stuff Computers in the Real WorldA smaller book + a CD

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Bibliography

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Journals

IEEE Computer

Transactions on Computers

Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems

Bibliography

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Conference Proceedings

PACT Parallel Architectures and Compilation Techniques

MICRO ACM/IEEE Symposium on Microarchitectures

ISCA ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Computer Architecture

Bibliography

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What is this Course About?

This course is about the structure and design of digital computers. This is commonly called “computer architecture” – which is instruction set architecture + hardware organization.

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Why Study Computer Organization?

Not many of you will work for Intel or AMD, BUT…

- Embedded systems

- Compiler design

- Even software developers!

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Roadmap for the Semester

- General overview- Performance- Instruction sets- Computer arithmetic- Single-cycle machines

- Pipelining- Memory systems (RAM, caches, virtual memory)

- I/O processing- ILP, Multi-Core chips- Other topics

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ABET Outcomes

Ability to apply knowledge of science (e.g., computer architecture and system organization, and related computer science issues), and engineering (e.g., performance analysis and benchmarking, ISA simulation and verification) Ability to use the techniques, skills and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice Knowledge of related topics in computer science discipline