1. Lecture 0. Course Introduction Prof. Taeweon Suh Computer Science Education Korea University ECM583 Special Topics in Computer Systems

2. Korea Univ Course Information Instructor  Prof. Taeweon Suh Prerequisite  Computer Architecture, Operating Systems, C-programming Textbook  ARM System Developer’s Guide: Designing and Optimizing System Software by Andrew Sloss, Morgan Kauffman, 2004 Office hours  After class as needed  By appointment at Woo Dang Hall 503 Class web  http://comedu.korea.ac.kr/~suhtw/ http://comedu.korea.ac.kr/~suhtw/ Contact Information  suhtw@korea.ac.kr suhtw@korea.ac.kr  02-3290-2397 2

3. Korea Univ Objective Understand fundamentals of a computer system by hands-on experience (Labs) with a simple and real computer system 3 7 Segments Switches Push buttons LEDs LCD Serial Port FPGA (Cyclone-II)

4. Korea Univ A Computer System (till 2008) 4 CPU North Bridge South Bridge Main Memory (DDR2) FSB (Front-Side Bus) DMI (Direct Media I/F) Hard disk USB PCIe card Peripheral devices Graphics card But, don’t forget the big picture!

5. Korea Univ Present, Near Future and More… 5 CPU North Bridge South Bridge Main Memory (DDR2) FSB (Front-Side Bus) DMI (Direct Media I/F) CPU North Bridge South Bridge Main Memory (DDR3) Quickpath (Intel) or Hypertransport (AMD) DMI (Direct Media I/F) Core 2 Duo – based Systems Core i7– based Systems Keep in mind that CPU and computer systems are evolving at a fast pace

6. Korea Univ Computer System Design Using FPGA 6 Computer System Planning Download FPGA: Field-Programmable Gate Array  Programmable hardware A Computer System! Hardware Design and Software Programming – Simulation & Verification Computer System CPU Timer UART GPIO Memory

7. Korea Univ FPGA Capability Example Reconfigurable Pentium 7 FPGA A Real Pentium

8. Korea Univ Grading Policy Midterm Take-home Exam: 40% Final Take-home Exam: 40% Class Presentations: 20% 8

9. Korea Univ Assignment #0 Install Altera ModelSim Starter Edition  Computer System (hardware) Simulation  http://www.altera.com/products/software/quartus- ii/modelsim/qts-modelsim-index.html http://www.altera.com/products/software/quartus- ii/modelsim/qts-modelsim-index.html Install Altera Quartus-II  Synthesis, place & route, and download to FPGA  http://www.altera.com/products/software/quartus-ii/web- edition/qts-we-index.html http://www.altera.com/products/software/quartus-ii/web- edition/qts-we-index.html 9