NJIT
Course SYLUBUS
Spring 2010
Course: CPT 315 - Computer Architecture for Computer Technology
Text: Assembly Language for Intel-Based Computers, 5/E
Kip Irvine ISBN-10: 0132383101; Publisher: Prentice Hall
0123706068
Prerequisite: CPT 310. Computer design fundamentals for computer technology.
Instructor Name: Dr. Washah
Contact Email: sal.f.washah@njit.edu
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Von Neumann computer architecture: processor, memory and I/O. Processor
organization: registers, ALU, and control. Memory organization and memory bus,
I/O organization: I/O bus, memory mapped I/O. Number representations and ALU
designs. Fundamentals of assembly language, lab exercises in assembly language are
used throughout to illustrate concepts.
Objective: Introduce computer system organization and design at a level that
provides the foundations for the student to understand computer functionality and
needs, and to implement and test assembly language programs
Content:
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Hardware Architecture Components
Assemblers, Compilers, Operating Systems, and Interpreters
Instruction Sets
Assembly Programming Languages
Architecture Extensions and Performance Evaluation
Homework Assignments: Assignments will reinforce lecture concepts and
demonstrate application of critical thinking skills. Collaboration is encouraged, but
you must give credit where credit is due. All assignments must be done
independently and written (typed) in your own words. Late assignment will
penalized 20 points less.
Plagiarism Policy: Students are encouraged to discuss homeworks and projects
with each other. However, everything that is turned in for each assignment and/or
project, must be your own work. In particular, it is not acceptable to: Copy in part
or in totality another person's assignment and submit it as your own work; Get
someone else to do all or a part of the work for you; Submit the work of a group as
your own work. These acts are plagiarism and will not be tolerated in this course.
Grades: The tentative percentage of points allocated to the major graded
components is shown below. Student grades will be determined based on a straight
scale.
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Weekly Homework assignments (Individually) : 35%
Midterm Projects (Individually): 25%
Final Exam (Project Four) (Individually): 40%
Total: 100%
Instructor Discretion: The instructor reserves the right to modify policies to
improve the execution of this course.
Homework
1. Assignment One:
Due date 2/2/2010 (at 11:00 PM): Chapter One and Chapter Two
a. Read through the first chapter.
b. Textbook: Exercises: 1.3 (11-29); 1.4 (6-9)
c. Read through the second chapter.
d. Textbook: Exercises 2.1 (9-17); 2.2 (1-16); 2.3 (1-12).
e. Complete the exercise below in addition to chapter one and
two assignment from the book.
Work alone
You are expected to do your own work on all homework assignments.
You may (and are encouraged to) engage in general discussions with your
classmates regarding the assignments, but specific details of a solution,
including the solution itself, must always be your own work.
Exercise #1: Conversions
Perform the following conversions, and show the details of your work:
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2.
3.
4.
hexadecimal 4AD3 into binary
binary 1011110101011 into hexadecimal
decimal 231 into binary
decimal 677 into hexadecimal
5. hexadecimal A32 into decimal
Exercise #2: Two's Complement
Give the binary 16-bit two's complement representation of the following decimal
integers, and show the details of your work:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
341
-1
0
-56
-101
Give the hexadecimal 32-bit two's complement representation of the following decimal
integers, and show the details of your work:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
783
-1
-1,321
-32
421
Give the decimal value of the following 12-bit two's complement hexadecimal
representations, and show the details of your work:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
A34
81F
D73
7AA
63A
Exercise #3: Additions and Subtractions
Perform the following binary arithmetic operations, and show carries:
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2.
3.
4.
1010111 + 101101
1000010 + 0111011
1101110 + 1111011
0001111 + 1010101
Perform the following hexadecimal arithmetic operations, and show carries:
1.
2.
3.
4.
A3F1E + 32BAA
FF31A + BB4FB
13111 + FFFFF
32AAA + F0F0F
Extra Credit if complete all the questions of the chapter one & two
2. Assignment Two:
Due date 2/16/2010 (Monday at 11:00 PM): Chapter three & Chapter Four
a. Read through chapter three and four.
b. Textbook: Exercises: 3.2 (1-9); 3.3 (1-10); 3.4 (7-12).
c. Textbook: Exercises: 4.2 (4-15); 4.3 (6-12); 4.5 (7-10).
Extra Credit if complete all the questions of the chapter three & four
3. Assignment Three:
Due date 3/9/2010 (at 12:00 PM): Chapter five & Six.
a.
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d.
Read through chapter five & Six..
Textbook: Exercises: 5.3 (6-11); 5.6 (4 & 5); 4.5 (7-10).
Textbook: Exercises: 6.2 (1-10); 6.3 (1-14); 6.4 ( 4 & 5); 6.5 (1-5).
Write an assembly program called hw3_ex1, stored in file hw3_ex1.asm,
that prompts the user to type a 5-character string. The program reads the
first 5 characters of that string and prints two strings. The first string
contains the 5 characters entered by the user, but in reverse order. The
second string contains the 5 characters entered by the user, but whose
ASCII code has been decremented by 32. Match the example shown
below, where user input is shown in bold face:
% ./hw3_ex1
Enter a 5-character string: hguot
String #1: tough
String #2: HGUOT
You may assume that the user will always type exactly 5 characters followed by a
carriage return (no need to deal with errors, etc.).
Reading a character from the keyboard is done via the read_char macro (see
page 17 of the textbook for a description). So you'll have to call this macro 5
times to get the 5 characters.
Remember that when you print a string it should be null-terminated. So, to store a
5-character string that you will print you need to store it in 6 bytes, with the last
byte equal to 0.
Work alone
You are expected to do your own work on all homework assignments. You may (and are
encouraged to) engage in general discussions with your classmates regarding the
assignments, but specific details of a solution, including the solution itself, must always
be your own work.
Extra Credit if complete all the questions of the chapter Five & Six
MIDTERM PROJECT DUE DATE ON 3/30/2010 (AT 11:00 PM).
Assignment Four:
Due date 4/13/2010 ( at 11:00 PM):
e. Read through chapter Seven & Eight.
f. Textbook: Exercises: 7.2 (1-14); 7.3 (1-6); 7.4(11-15); 7.6 (5 &6)
g. Textbook: Exercises: 8.3 (11-15); 8.4 (9-13); 8.5(4-6).
Extra Credit if complete all the questions of the chapter Seven & Eight
4. Assignment Five:
Due date 4/27/2010 (at 11:00 PM): Chapter nine & Ten.
a. Read through chapter Nine & Ten.
b. Textbook: Exercises: 9.4 (1-7); 9.5 (1-8).
c. Textbook: Exercises: 10.1 (13-15); 10.2 (11-15); 10.3(8-15).
Extra Credit if complete all the questions of the chapter nine & Ten
FINAL DUE DATE WILL BE ON
5/11/2010 AT 11:00 PM.