University of Jordan

Computer Engineering Department

CPE 232: Computer Organization

Spring 2006

 

Instructor Dr. Gheith Abandah
Email abandah@ju.edu.jo
Homepage http://www.abandah.com/gheith
Office Computer Engineering 405
Office Hours
bulletMonday 14:00-15:00
bulletSunday and Tuesday 10:00-11:00
Prerequisites CPE 231: Digital Logic
Time and Room
bulletSection 1: Sun, Tue, and Thu 8:00-9:00, CPE 001
bulletSection 2: Sun, Tue, and Thu 9:00-10:00, Middle Auditorium
Textbook Patterson and Hennessy. Computer Organization & Design: The Hardware/Software Interface, 3rd ed., Morgan Kaufmann, 2005.
References

  1. Hennessy and Patterson. Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach, 3rd ed., Morgan Kaufmann, 2002.

  2. J. Hayes. Computer Architecture and Organization, 3rd ed., McGraw-Hill, 1998.

  3. M. Mano. Computer System Architecture, 3rd ed., Prentice Hall, 1993.
Grading
Midterm Exam 30%
Second Exam 10%
Home works and Quizzes 10%
Final Exam 50%
Policies
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Attendance is required

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All submitted work must be yours

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Cheating will not be tolerated

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This course requires significant effort
Tentative Outline
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Introduction

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MIPS Instruction Set

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Computer Arithmetic

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CPU Performance

Midterm Exam

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Datapath Design

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Control Design

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Pipelining

Second Exam

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Memory Hierarchy

Final Exam

Handouts Slides
  1. Introduction
  2. MIPS Instruction Set
  3. MIPS Arithmetic - Part I
  4. MIPS Arithmetic - Part II
  5. Understanding Performance
  6. The Processor: Datapath and Control - Part I
  7. The Processor: Datapath and Control - Part II
  8. Basic MIPS Pipeline
  9. Memory Hierarchy
  10. Cache Organization
  11. Improving Cache Performance
  12. Virtual Memory Hardware Support

 

Homeworks
  1. Homework 1 (Due Date: March 7, 2006, in class. Late submissions are not allowed)
  2. Homework 2 (Due Date: March 21, 2006, in class. Late submissions are not allowed)
  3. Homework 3 (Due Date: March 28, 2006. No submission is required)
  4. Homework 4 (Due Date: April 27, 2006, in class. Late submissions are not accepted)
  5. Homework 5 (Due Date: May 7, 2006. No submission is required)
  6. Homework 6 (Due Date: June 1, 2006. Submissions after 2 pm will not be accepted)