CSIE30300 Computer Architecture

Fall 2009

Lecturer: Hsin-Chou Chi
Email: hcchi@mail.ndhu.edu.tw
Phone: 03-8632701
Fax: 03-8632700

Course Information

  • Class schedule: Thuesday 9:10-12:00
  • Course website: http://soc.csie.ndhu.edu.tw/source/arch/
  • Place: A329, Engineering Building
  • Office: Information and Network Center, 2nd Floor.
  • Office hours: Wednesday 15:00-17:00
  • Textbook: David Patterson and John Hennessy, Computer Organization & Design: The Hardware/Software Interface, Morgan Kaufmann.
  • Grading: Midterm 35%, Final 40%, Quiz&Homework 25%

Course Outline

  • Introduction

  • Review on Datapath and Control

  • Enhancing Performance with Pipelining

  • Exploiting Memory Hierarchy

  • Cache Design

  • Virtual Memory

  • Bus

  • I/O and Interfacing

  • Advanced Processor Design

Lecture Slides

Final Grades

Announcements

  • First class on 9/15.

  • Quiz on 10/13 (changed from 10/6).

  • Midterm on 11/17 (Quiz is here for your reference).

  • No class on 11/24 due to the school-wide activities.

  • Homework assignment (7.29, 7.39, 7.40, and 7,41) due on 12/18. You can turn it in on 12/14's class or turn it in to Computer Systems Lab by 12/18.

  • No class on 12/15. Make-up class date will be discussed later.

  • Homework assignment (8.8, 8.15, 8.18, 8.38, 8.40) due on 1/5.

  • Final exam on 1/12.

Related Links

hcchi@mail.ndhu.edu.tw