Summer 2005ECE 154: Intro. to Computer ArchitectureSlide 1 ECE 154: Intro. to Computer Architecture Meetings MTWR 8:00-9:30 ( exams begin earlier ); Phelps 1437 Office hoursM 9:30-11:00, W 12:30-2:00, Engr I 5155 TA: T 1:00-2:00, R 11:00-12:00, F 10:00-11:00 PrerequisiteLogic design (ECE 152A or equivalent) Evaluation20% Homework 30% Closed-book midterm exam 50% 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 2005ECE 154: Intro. to Computer ArchitectureSlide 2 Required Textbook Oxford, 2005 List 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 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 2005ECE 154: Intro. to Computer ArchitectureSlide 3 Day & DateChapLecture or Discussion TopicDeadlines and Notes Mon. 6/20/051Overview, combinational circuits Tue. 6/21/052-3Seq’l circuits, computer technology HW#1 (chaps. 1-4) Wed. 6/22/054Computer performanceVery important lecture Thu. 6/23/055Instructions and addressingMake-up for W 6/29 Fri. 6/24/05 1-4Discussion (chaps. 1-4) Mon. 6/27/056Procedures and dataHW#1 due Tue. 6/28/057-8Assembly prog’s and ISA variationsHW#2 (chaps. 5-8) Wed. 6/29/05 No lecture: Instructor at conference Make-up on R 6/23 Thu. 6/30/055-8Discussion (chaps HW#1) Mon. 7/4/05 No lecture: Independence Day HW#3 (chaps. 9-12) Tue. 7/5/059-10Number representation and addersHW#2 due, important lec. Wed. 7/6/ ALUs, multiplication, and divisionImportant lecture Thu. 7/7/0512Floating-point arithmetic Fri. 7/8/ Discussion (chaps HW#2)HW#3 due, 7/4 make-up Mon. 7/11/05 Fri. 7/29/ 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