1. ENGR 3410 Computer Architecture* * Fall, 2006

2. Tuesday & Friday 10:00 – 10:50 AM

3. Wednesday 9:00 – 10:50AM

4. http://ca.olin.edu

5. My name is Mark* * Full name: Mark L. Chang

6. mark.chang@olin.edu OC 357

7. mchangolin mark.chang @gmail.com

8. ca@lists.olin.edu olin.courses.comparch* * This is a newsgroup. See http://acl.olin.edu/aclwiki/OlinNewsGroups

9. Who are you?

10. Course Objectives* * Not broken down into Competencies

11. Build a processor

12. Write programs for it in assembly and machine code

13. Build a complex digital system in Verilog

14. Learn about stuff YOU want to learn* * FPGAs, DSPs, GPUs, multi-core, parallel computing, etc.

15. Several homeworks Several labs

16. One midterm One final

17. One BIG Project

18. Marriage counseling

19. Homeworks* done primarily solo * Usually pencil and paper.

20. annotate collaborators per problem

21. Labs in groups of 2-3

22. Project in groups of ???

23. No laptops in class

24. Late Policy -10% for the first 24 hours -20% for the second 24 hours (total –30%) -30% for the third 24 hours (total –60%) -40% for all additional hours (total –100%)

25. Homework for Tuesday* * It is on the class wiki.

26. Register on the wiki Buy the textbook

27. Answer these questions (on the wiki): 1. Why are you taking this class? 2. What is Computer Architecture? (cite sources) 3. What do you look for when you buy a computer? 4. What is your favorite processor and why? 5. Name at least 3 things that you want to learn in this class. Be semi-specific.