CSCE230
Computer Organization
Fall 2004
Instructor: Dr. Hong Jiang
Teaching Assistant: Mr. Sheng Zhang
Department of Computer Science & Engineering
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Classroom: 19 Avery Hall; Time: 1:30-2:20pm, MWF
Office Hour: 12:30-1:20pm, M,W,F; Office: 268 Avery
TA Office Hour: 11:00am-1:00pm, Thursday, 6 501 Bldg
<jiang,szhang>@cse.unl.edu
Cse.unl.edu/~jiang/cse230
Slide 1
Course Syllabus
•
•
Description:
CSCE230. Computer Organization (3 cr) Prereq: CSCE 150, 155, 310 or
detailed knowledge of a high-level programming language. Introduction to
organization and structure of computer systems, with emphasis on hardware
aspects of a computer system. It covers Boolean Logic, Digital Arithmetic,
Processor Organization, Machine Language Programming, Input/Output, Memory
Organization, System Support Software, and Communication. The material in
this course forms the basis for the more advanced courses in computer
architecture (CSE 430), High-Performance Processor Architecture (CSE 432),
VLSI design (CSE 434), and communication networks (CSE 462).
Course Schedule:
An overview and tentative (and approximate) schedule of the course is
listed below:
Slide 2
Course Syllabus
•
Course Schedule (continued):
An overview and tentative (and approximate) schedule of the course is
listed below:
Slide 3
Course Syllabus (cont.)
Grading Policy:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Three exams will be given during the course. The three exams will
be equally weighted and equally spaced throughout the semester,
approximately one for every 5-week period. All these exams will be
taken in class during the 50-minute scheduled class hours. There will not
be a final exam for this class.
A Term Project will be assigned at around the midterm and will have
students work in teams of two to design a simple but real one-cycle CPU.
6-7 homework assignments will be given. Each is due in class on its
specified due date. Late work is penalized 20% per day. Once solutions are
published, late work cannot be accepted for credit.
While collaboration on homework is permitted, blatant copying will not be tolerated. Violators, if caught, will
subject to penalties ranging from a zero for the homework assignment in question to an F grade for the course,
depending on the severity of the violation.
Final Grade will be generated according to the weight associated with
each component listed below:
Exams:
3X20% = 60%;
Homework Assignment:
20%;
Term Projec:
20%;
Textbook: David A. Patterson and John L. Hennessy, Computer Organization and Design – The Hardware/Software
Interface, 3rd Edition, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers Inc., 2004.
Slide 4