Summer 2005 ECE 154: Intro. to Computer Architecture Slide 1

ECE 154: Intro. to Computer Architecture

Meetings MTWR 8:00-9:30 (exams begin earlier); Phelps 1437

Office hours M 9:30-11:00, W 12:30-2:00, Engr I 5155TA: T 1:00-2:00, R 11:00-12:00, F 10:00-11:00

Prerequisite Logic design (ECE 152A or equivalent)

Evaluation 20% Homework30% Closed-book midterm exam50% Closed-book final exam

Note: There will be discussion sessions on Fridays 6/24 and 7/8, a lecture on Friday 7/15, and final exam on Friday 7/29. These extra Friday sessions, held in our regular classroom, are necessary due to a holiday, instructor’s travel for a professional conference, and two fewer classes in the short summer session format.

Summer 2005 ECE 154: Intro. to Computer Architecture Slide 2

Required Textbook

Oxford, 2005List price = Bookstore price = $75

Recommended Book

D.A. Patterson and J.L. Hennessy, Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface, Morgan Kaufmann, 3rd edition, 2005 (the 2nd edition, 1998, is also quite good and may be less expensive).

Other Study Sources

Check the textbook’s Web page at

www.ece.ucsb.edu/Faculty/Parhami/ text_comp_arch.htm

for corrections to known errors and notes on new material and references. There, you can also find downloadable PowerPoint files containing the class presentations given by the instructor.

Summer 2005 ECE 154: Intro. to Computer Architecture Slide 3

Day & Date Chap Lecture or Discussion Topic Deadlines and NotesMon. 1/9/06 1-2 Overview, digital logic circuitsWed. 1/11/06 3-4 Computer technology & performance HW#1 (chaps. 1-4)Fri. 1/13/06 1-3 Logic circuits & computer technology Mon. 1/16/06 No lecture: MLK holidayWed. 1/18/05 5 Instructions and addressing HW#2 (chaps. 5-5)Fri. 6/27/05 6 Procedures and data HW#1 due Tue. 6/28/05 7-8 Assembly prog’s and ISA variations HW#2 (chaps. 5-8)Wed. 6/29/05 No lecture: Instructor at conference Make-up on R 6/23Thu. 6/30/05 5-8 Discussion (chaps. 5-8 + HW#1) Mon. 7/4/05 No lecture: Independence Day HW#3 (chaps. 9-12)Tue. 7/5/05 9-10 Number representation and adders HW#2 due, important lec. Wed. 7/6/05 10-11 ALUs, multiplication, and division Important lectureThu. 7/7/05 12 Floating-point arithmeticFri. 7/8/05 9-12 Discussion (chaps. 9-12 + HW#2) HW#3 due, 7/4 make-upMon. 7/11/05

Fri. 7/29/05

1-12

1-22

Midterm exam: 7:45-9:15

Final exam: 7:00-9:15

Note the extended time Note the extended time

Lecture-by-Lecture Outline(Complete version of this table on www.ece.ucsb.edu/Faculty/Parhami/ece_154.htm)