Week1 Architecture - Lecture outline & Assignments Dr. John Abraham UTPA

General Info Welcome Class introduction First lesson will be the same for 6300 and 6303 General Intro to System concept

General instruction to the students Class participation is crucial Strict attendance policy. Come to class on time. Write notes under each heading

In class assignment Write an outline about your understanding of a computer system. Discuss with each other Derive a definition

System Input Process Output

Computer System Hardware –Programmers understand hardware in terms of the instruction sets Software –Operating system –Application programs –Programming languages

Instruction sets Taken from Ch 10 of Stallings

Elements of a Machine Instruction

In class assignment

Describe your understanding of how a computer carries out instructions from a program.

Instruction Cycle state Diagram

Operands location

Instruction Representation

Example of an instruction format

Instruction set categories

Available addressable memory

y=(a-b)/c+(d*e) One operand

y=(a-b)/c+(d*e) two operands

y=(a-b)/c+(d*e) three operand

Compare fewer address with more addresses

5 issues to consider when designing instruction set

Types of operands

In class assignment Develop 10 review questions for this lesson

Homework assignment Write an assembly language program using the debug utility of the operating system Demonstrate this in class next week.

Instruction Cycle State Diagram