1. CPE 432 Computer Design Dr. Walid Abu-Sufah 1CPE 432 Computer Design

2. Course Goals Introduce you to design principles, analysis techniques and design options in computer architecture The use of cost/performance as a basis for making decisions about computer architecture 2CPE 432 Computer Design

3. Instructor/Course Website Instructor: Dr. Walid Abu-Sufah Email: abusufah@ju.edu.joabusufah@ju.edu.jo Office: CPE 417 Office Hours: Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday 11-12 and by appointment. CPE 432 Computer Design3

4. Course website/ Discussion website Course website: http://www2.ju.edu.jo/sites/academic/abusufah/m aterial/cpe432_f12/index.html Piazza for Q&A + announcements: To join Piazza visit: https://piazza.com/instructors/ju.edu.jo Send me e-mail if you wish to be registered on Piazza using a non-JU email address CPE 432 Computer Design4

5. Textbook Main Textbook: Patterson and Hennessy. Computer Organization & Design: The Hardware/Software Interface, 4th ed., Morgan Kaufmann, 2009. Reference: Hennessy and Patterson, Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach, 5th ed., Morgan Kaufmann, 2012. CPE 432 Computer Design5

6. Pre-requisites and Background CPE 335 Computer Organization Specifically I assume you have taken – A basic computer organization course – A logic design course – Assembly language programming CPE 432 Computer Design6

7. Grading Two quizzes: 20 % – at the beginning of the same lecture when two of the three homeworks is collected. October 7, Homework 1 Announcement October 14, Quiz 1 and Homework 1 due November 4, Homework 2 Announcement December 9, Homework 3 Announcement December 16, Quiz 2 and Homework 3 due Midterm: 30% (November 11; Homework 2 due {date to be confirmed}) Final: 50% CPE 432 Computer Design7

8. Course Policies There will be no make-up quizzes/midterm for any reason. – In case of medical/ or other disabling emergencies, Dr. Abu-Sufah should be notified BEFORE the quiz/midterm and his approval for missing the quiz/midterm should be obtained BEFORE the midterm. Academic Honesty: Any copying of assignments is unacceptable. Attendance will be taken – University regulations regarding attendance will be strictly enforced. 8

9. Tentative Course Outline/ Readings in the Textbook CPE 432 Computer Design9