1. Term - 061 Dr Abdelhafid Bouhraoua
COE 205
Term - 061
Dr Abdelhafid Bouhraoua

2. Dr Abdelhafid Bouhraoua
Instructor
Dr Abdelhafid Bouhraoua
Office Hours: Sat. Mon. Wed. 9:00 – 11:00 AM
Office Location: Bldg 22 Office 137-1
Phone: 2178
Web page:

3. Syllabus

4. Course Objectives
Comprehend computer organization and how a computer system works
Proficiency in assembly language programming in general and for the Pentium family in particular.
Knowledge of computer organization and CPU organization and design process.

5. Course Outcome (1)
Explain how an instruction is fetched from memory and executed
Explain the difference between high-level language (compiled language) and assembly language (assembled language)
Explain the one to one correspondence between the assembly language instructions and their machine code counterparts
Write programs in assembly language to demonstrate an understanding of machine-level operations
Implement some fundamental high-level programming constructs at the machine language level.

6. Course Outcome (2)
Use assembly simulation tools to debug and enhance the performance of programs written in assembly language.
Explain how a CPU is designed and what are the fundamental choices made and the steps followed when designing a CPU.
Explain the trade-offs of hardwiring .vs. microprogramming the generation of control signals.

7. Textbook and References
Kip Irvine, Assembly Language for Intel-Based Computers, Prentice Hall:
4th edition (2003) is now available in the bookstore
5th edition (2007) is coming soon but not available this semester
Vincent P. Heuring & Harry F. Jordan, Computer Systems Design and Architecture, Addison Wesley, 1997.
Online Material:

8. Grading Policy Laboratory 20 % Quizzes and Assignments 25 %
Midterm Exams
35 %
Final Exam
Assignments include written and programming assignments
Lowest two, three or four marks of the quizzes and assignments dropped
Lowest exam counted as 15% and highest exam counted as 20%
Assignments are to be submitted in class in the specified due date.
Late assignments will be accepted for five days after the due date and be penalized 10% per each late day

9. Exams and Assignments 4-5 Written Assignments 2-3 or more Programming
5-6 Quizzes
2 Major Exams
1 Final Exam

10. Exam Dates Major Exam 1 Mon. October 9th 2006 9:00-11:00 PM
or Sat. November 4th :00-9:00 PM
Major Exam 2
Wed. December 13th :30-11:30 AM
Final
Sat. Jan. 20th :30-9:30 AM

11. Lecture Breakdown Introduction and Computer Organization 2 weeks
Assembly Language Concepts
Pentium Assembly Language Programming
6 ⅓ weeks
CPU Design
4 weeks
Instruction Format Design Issues
1⅔ weeks

12. Ethics (1)
All assignments are individual and ONLY individual work will be accepted.
Detected copies of assignments (written or programming assignments) will result in ZEROS for the whole group (including the student who actually solved the problem)

13. Ethics (2)
Using unauthorized information or notes on an examination, peeking at others work, or altering a graded exam to claim more grades are severe violations of academic honesty.
Remember that if you CHEAT, you are cheating no one but yourself.
Detected situations will result in failing grades in the course, and depending on the severity of the situation, some cases may possibly end up in SUSPENSION from the university.