CMPS 2083 - Computer Organization

Fall semester 2004

Instructor: Dr. Nelson L. Passos
Office: Bolin Science Hall 126B
Office phone: 397-4129
E-mail: nelson.passos@mwsu.edu
Office Hours: MW  1:00 - 3:00 pm
R       9:00 - 12:00 am
Class Hours:

TR    3:00 - BO 320

   



Course Description: 


Study of the functions and 
logical relationships of digital computer components, including the central 
processing unit, different levels of memory, control signals, bus systems, data 
channels, and input/output devices. Also discussed are memory addressing techniques, data 
representation and more advanced topics as pipelined, superscalar, and RISC 
processors.

 


Text book:


Computer Organization and Architecture, by William
Stallings (6th edition). 



Lecture Notes: 



  
 CMPS
2084-01 part 1 




CMPS
2084-01 part 2 


Tools: 
 


  
 Simulator 





Agenda:


August     September     October     November     December     Grading






August 





 




Aug 31- 
Binary and hexadecimal numbers 












September





 





Sep 2- 

Hardware, software, models - an overview 




Sep 6- 
Labor Day




Sep 7- 

Computer evolution 





Sep 9-

The IAS computer 




Sep 14-

IAS Assembly language 





Sep 16-



Machine language 







Assignment # 1





Sep 21-

Execution cycle/interrupts 





Sep 23- 

Bus systems






Assignment # 2





Sep 28- 

Arbitration





Sep 30- 

Computer memory, types, organization 







Assignment # 3












October











Oct 5- 

Error correction




Oct 7- 

Cache memory concepts







Assignment # 4





Oct 12- 

Cache memory concepts- Mapping functions





Oct 14- 

Replacement algorithms





Oct 19- 

Review





Oct 21- 

Test # 1





Oct 26- 

External memory - disks, RAID 





Oct 28- 

Optical memory, CDROM, WORM, Tape












November





 




Nov 2- 

Input/Output




Nov 4- 

I/O channels  




Nov 9- 

SCSI





Nov 11- 

Operating system support







Assignment # 5




Nov 16- 

Scheduling/Memory mgmt





Nov 18- 

Partitions







Assignment # 6





Nov 23- 


Test # 2




Nov 24- 


Thanksgiving Holidays




Nov 25- 


Thanksgiving Holidays




Nov 30-


Test review











December





 





Dec 2- 

Paging, virtual memory




Dec 7- 


Paging, virtual memory





Dec 9- 

Pentium memory mgmt






Dec 16- 

Finals (4:45 pm)









Grading








 
 
Tests and Final:  		   20 % (each)  

Assignments: 	   20 %  

Project: 	   15 %	 

Class Participation: 5 %	 






E-mail
address:




nelson.passos@mwsu.edu 




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