\cpeg323-08F\Topic0.ppt1 CPEG 323 – Fall 2008 Topics in Computer System Engineering – Computer Organization and Design
\cpeg323-08F\Topic0.ppt2 Instructor:Prof. Guang R. Gao Office:312 DuPont Hall Phone: Co-Instructor/Coordinators: Joseph Manzano Office: 306 DuPont Hall Phone: TA:Thomas St. John Office: DuPont Hall 326 Phone: Admin. Information
\cpeg323-08F\Topic0.ppt3 Admin (Cont’d) Assistant Coordinator Elkin DuPont
\cpeg323-08F\Topic0.ppt4 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%
\cpeg323-08F\Topic0.ppt5 Reference Books 1.John Hennessy and David Patterson Computer Organization and Design 3rd Edition/revised Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Inc. 2004/ Other reference books/papers to be announced
\cpeg323-08F\Topic0.ppt6 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 World A smaller book + a CD
\cpeg323-08F\Topic0.ppt7 Bibliography
\cpeg323-08F\Topic0.ppt8 Journals IEEEComputer Transactions on Computers Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems Bibliography
\cpeg323-08F\Topic0.ppt9 Conference Proceedings PACTParallel Architectures and Compilation Techniques MICRO ACM/IEEE Symposium on Microarchitectures ISCAACM/IEEE International Symposium on Computer Architecture Bibliography
\cpeg323-08F\Topic0.ppt10 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.
\cpeg323-08F\Topic0.ppt11 Why Study Computer Organization? Not many of you will work for Intel or AMD, BUT… - Embedded systems - Compiler design - Even software developers!
\cpeg323-08F\Topic0.ppt12 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
\cpeg323-08F\Topic0.ppt13 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