ECE 375 -- Intro to Computer Architecture
Winter, 2002
Course Syllabus
Instructor:
Dan Bridges
Office: ELB 215A Ph: 313-593-4767
e-mail: dbridges@umich.edu
Class Web Site: www.engin.umd.umich.edu/~dbridges/375
Office Hours: Monday
2:15 – 3:15 PM, 5:15 – 6:00 PM
Tuesday
3:00 – 4:15 PM
Wednesday 4:45 – 5:45 PM
or by appointment
Prerequisite: ECE 273
Text:
Computer System Architecture - 3rd Edition, by M. Morris Mano
Grading:
Exam #1
Exam #2
Exam #3
Design Projects
- Project #1
- Project #2
- Project #3
Quizes
20%
20%
20%
34%
6%
14%
14%
6%
Please note that quizzes will be unannounced and that quiz make-ups will
not be permitted.
Design Projects:
Details of the projects will be announced.
Project Due Dates:
- Project #1:
- Project #2:
- Project #3:
Wednesday, February 6
Monday, March 18
Monday, April 15
ECE 375 -- Intro to Computer Architecture
Winter, 2002
Tentative Course Schedule
Date
Topic
Mon. 1/07 –
Wed. 1/16
Intro to Computer Architecture;
Review: Number Systems, Digital Logic Design,
Digital Components
NO CLASS (Martin Luther King Day)
Register Transfer and Micro Operations
Mon. 1/21
Wed. 1/23 –
Mon. 1/28
Wed. 1/30 –
Mon. 2/11
Wed. 2/13
Mon. 2/18 –
Wed. 2/27
Mon. 3/04 –
We. 3/06
Mon. 3/11 –
Wed. 3/13
Mon. 3/18
Sections from
Mano Text
3-1 through 3-3;
1-4 through 1-6;
2-2 through 2-7
4-1 through 4-7
Basic Computer Organization:
- Structure and Operation
- Instruction Sets
- Instruction Cycles
- Overall Design
EXAM 1 (material covered through 2/11 lecture)
CPU:
- Instruction Formats
- Addressing Modes
- Instruction Types
- CISC and RISC Computers
NO CLASS (Spring Break)
5-1 through 5-10
Parallel Processing: Basics and Pipelining
9-1 through 9-4
Microprogrammed Control: Control Memory
and Address Sequencing
EXAM 2 (material covered through 3/13 lecture)
Microprogrammed Control: Example and
Control Unit Design
Memory Hierarchy, RAM and ROM, Cache and
Virtual Memory
I/O Interfaces and Techniques
7-1 through 7-2
Wed. 3/20
Mon. 3/25 –
Wed. 3/27
Mon. 4/01 –
Mon. 4/08
Wed. 4/10 –
Mon. 4/22
4/26
EXAM 3
7:30 – 10:30PM
8-1 through 8-8
7-3 through 7-4
12-1 through 12-7
11-1 through 11-8