Computer Organization and Architecture

The fundamental elements of digital logic and their use in computer construction; register level description of computer execution and the functional organization of a computer; essential elements of computer architecture; major functional components of a modern computer system. Design principles associated with modern computer architectures; performance and cost considerations; architectural features influenced by such features as operating systems and window systems, high level languages, etc; floating point arithmetic, performance of computer systems, processor implementation strategies, micro-programming, pipelining, CISC and RISC, vector processors; memory hierarchy, cache, virtual memory organization for high performance machines; An brief introduction to I/O and bus subsystems. Prerequisite: CPEG 210.

[Jun 2, 2011] Topic 6 material is now complete on Moodle and appears as follows:

6	Chapter 6 Storage and Other IO Topics document The final exam is on Thursday the 9th of June at 11:00 a.m. in the DSL lab (B108). The final is comprehensive and includes chapters 1 through 5. Term Paper Grades document Quiz Grades after Bonus document

[May 31, 2011] Topic 5 material is now complete on Moodle and appears as follows:

[May 23, 2011] Topic 4 material is now complete on Moodle and appears as follows:

[May 15, 2011] Topic 3 material is now complete on Moodle and appears as follows:

[Apr 17, 2011] Topic 2 material is now complete on Moodle and appears as follows:

Chapter 2 Instructions: Language of the Computer document
Quiz I is on Tuesday April , at 2:00 p.m. in the DSL lab (B108). Quiz I material includes chapter 1 and chapter 2 till the point we have reached. You can bring a single cheatsheet with formulas only. The cheatsheet should be signed by the Professor.
Homework Set 2 - Exercises of Chapter 2: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.10, 2.11, 2.13, 2.15, 2.16, 2.18, and 2.39.
MIPS Assembly Language Referenced document
Upload Homework Set 2: Instructions Language of the Computer Assignment
Homework Set 2 Exercise Solutions document
Quiz I Answer KeyPDF document
Assignment II Description document
Assignment II Submission
Assessment of Assignment II starts on Sunday, 15th of May, and continue till May 17. All during office hours. No assessment for assignment II will be done after the 17th of May.
Assignment II Grades document

[Mar 26, 2011] Topic 1 material is now complete on Moodle and appears as follows:

Level	Juniors
Prerequisites	CPEG 210 Digital Logic Design
Lecture Times	UTR 09:00 a.m. – 09:50 a.m. (Section 1) UTR 10:00 a.m. – 10:50 a.m. (Section 2)
Classroom	B 105 (ECL)
AY / Semester	20010 – 2011 / Spring
Professor	Dr. I. Damaj
Contact Details	idamaj[@]auk.edu.kw - Remove the brackets [ ]
Course Detailed Site	http://moodle.auk.edu.kw
Professor's Website	http://www.idamaj.net
Summary of Assessment Method	Two tests, pop quizzes, assignments, and a final exam
Text Book	Computer Organization and Design: the Hardware/Software Interface, David A. Patterson and John L. Hennessy, Fourth Edition, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2009.
Software Tools	Quartus, SPIM Simulator, Intel Development Suite
References	Digital Design, 4th edition, M. Mano and M. Ciletti, Pearson International Edition, 2007 Carl Hamacher, Zvonko Vranesic, and Safwat Zaky, Computer Organization, Fifth Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2002 Introduction to Parallel Processing: Algorithms and Architectures. Behrooz Parhami, Plenum 1999

Details:	Topic	Chapter No.	Assessment
Weeks 1 – 3	Computer Abstractions and Technology	1
Weeks 4 – 6	Instructions: Language of the Computer	2
Weeks 7 – 8	Arithmetic for Computers	3	Test I
Weeks 9 – 11	The Processor	4
Weeks 12 – 13	Large and Fast: Exploiting Memory Hierarchy	5	Test II
Weeks 14 – 15	Storage and Other I/O Topics	6

Attendance and Pop quizzes	%5
Test I	%20
Test II	%20
Assignments	%15 (Using software tools and subject to individual testing)
Term Paper	%10
Final	%30 (Comprehensive)