CS 232: Computer Architecture II Prof. Laxmikant (Sanjay) Kale

CS 232 Objectives: Learn about how a computer system, and specifically its processor, works –Assembly language programming –Instruction Set Architecture –Basic Processor design: Data-path and control –An overview of advanced topics with specific topics covered in depth Example: Pipelining, Caches, I/O, Multiprocessors

Some of the Dos and Don’t Must use the class web page regularly –Important announcements, syllabus, lecture notes (slides), assignments Also, must read the class newsgroup regularly –Frequently asked questions –Timely response –Make sure you don’t post solutions –No trash tolerated!

Lets begin with numbers Say you wanted to build a machine that calculates the exact square of any given number quickly. –100 years ago –May want to use the same idea for other things calculate cubes? Other number calculations? Need to decide: –How are you going to represent the numbers? –What are you going to build the machine out of? Need a basic “smart” component

Representing numbers Focus on integers Examine our decimal number system: –Much nicer compared to roman numbers How do you add two large numbers in roman representation? With weighted positions (ones, tens, hundreds) addition is easy. –In fact, we can describe a simple procedure (“algorithm”) for doing it. –But choice of “10” as the base is somewhat arbitrary What base is better for our machine? –Base 10: need 10 symbols –Base 2: need 2 symbols (0,1) We can probably make machines that can represent 0 and 1 –so that they don’t mix with each other

Binary number representation You have done this in CS231 –11011 is 27 –35 is –Addition and subtraction rules are the same as decimal numbers Let us agree to use this in our machine –Still have the problem of having to translate between decimal system (that we understand) and binary system, that our machine understands –Assume we will do it manually, for now

Smart component: Switch A switch is either on or off –To really compose switches to build a machine, we need to be able to control a switch (I.e. if switch A is ON, it will also change switch B to the ON position). –Let us assume we have electricity Basics: Voltage, Current, Flows if switch is on Make a controllable switch –such that if input voltage is “High”, the switch is “ON” (closed) –Let us assume “High Voltage” represents 1 and “Low” 0.

Gates We can now connect switches together: –Two switches (A and B) connected in series: If both are “ON”, the output is HIGH So, if the input to both switch A and switch B is High, the output of the composite circuit is High Let us call this the “AND” circuit (or AND gate) –You can also connect switches such that: If either of the switch is ON, the output is HIGH Connect the switches in parallel So, if input to A is HIGH or input to B is HIGH, output is High: AND gate –NOT gate: Input High, Output Low, and vice versa

Gates to Adders We can now connect gates together to make an adder: –Half adder (ignores carry): Given two inputs, if exactly one of them 1, then output 1 Also output carry if both are 1 How can we connect gates together to make this circuit? –Full adder: uses carry 3 inputs lines, two output lines: –Multi-bit adder: Feed the carry of least significant bit to the next higher one

So, we have an adder But we needed to square a number…. The “adder” is just a simple calculating device –We could connect a lot more of those to make a multiplier, or a squarer. –But, we can reuse the same hardware. –Challenge: just use one adder (say 32 bit adder). We need one more type of device: –to store intermediate results –“Memory”: or registers –We tell the adder to repeatedly add M to a running total. –So, we need to store the running total and M somewhere –Also need to to remember how many times to add (Count)

What does it look like now? We have: –3 32 bit “registers” : M, result, count –1 32 bit adder –How are they connected? We need to bring back M and result to the inputs of the adder Store the sum back in result bring “count” and “1” to the adder store sum in count We can use gates to select which register is connected to the input of the adder –Also, must decide when the count has reached M –How to tell when to connect which input to the adder??

Instructions and “Stored Program” Let us have a “control unit” –Tells which inputs are connected, –Where to store the output How does the control unit know what to do? –Store instructions for it in another set of registers? –What is an instruction? Identifies Input registers, and output register

Let us add memory When the amount of data is large: –Can’t keep on adding registers –Memory: a linear, random-access storage –Cheaper, slower than registers –Now we need to bring the data from memory into registers and vice versa