MC722 - Computer Systems Projects

Notices

31/07

See important dates at graduation calendar.

Objectives

Menu: An introduction to computer architecture and organization. Technology and historical perspective. Performance measures. Instruction set. Memory. Arithmetic and logic units. Basic design of a processor. Pipeline. Memory hierarchy: cache and virtual memory. I / O devices.

REFERENCES

David A. Patterson and John L. Hennessy. Computer Organization Design, The Hardware / Software Interface. Elsevier (Morgan Kaufman). Fourth Edition (There is a Portuguese version)

Exercises

Chapter 1: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.5, 1.10.1-1.10.4, 1.12, 1.14, 1.15,1.16
Chapter 2: 21.1-2.6, 2.8, 2.12.1-2.12.3, 2.13, 2.14.1, 2.14.4, 2.15.2,02.15.4, 2.16.1, 2.17.1-2.17.3,2.18, 2.19.1 .2.20.1, 2.21.1, 2.25.1, 2.25.3-2.28, 2.31, XNUMX
Chapter 3: 3.2, 3.3, 3.5.1, 3.6.1, 3.10.1-3.10.3, 3.11.2, 3.14
Chapter 4: 4.1, 4.2, 4.6, 4.8, 4.12, 4.13, 4.14, 4.15, 4.19, 4.21, 4.22, 4.24, 4.28, 4.35
Chapter 5: 5.1, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.8, 5.10, 5.12,
Chapter 6: 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.9, 6.10, 6.11, 6.12, 6.13, 6.14,
Chapter 7: 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.5, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 710, 7.12, 7.14, 7.20

Calendar

Data	Class	Contents
31 / 07T	01	Presentation
02/08	02	Chapter 1
07 / 08T	03	Chapter 1 - Performance
09/08	04	Chapter 2 - Set of Instructions
14 / 08T	05	Chapter 2 - Set of Instructions
16/08	06	Exercises
21 / 08T	07	Chapter 2 - Character Encoding
23/08	08	Chapter 3 - Arithmetic of Integers
28 / 08T	09	Chapter 3 - Floating Point Numbers
30/08	10	Chapter 3 - Floating Point Operators
04 / 09T	11	Chapter 4 - Datapath Unicycle
06/09	12	Chapter 4 - Unicycle Control Unit
11 / 09T	13	Questions and Exercises
13/09	14	Questions and Exercises
18 / 09T	15	Exam 1
20/09	16	Chapter 4 - Pipeline
25 / 09T	17	Chapter 4 - Pipeline
27/09	18	Chapter 4 - Pipeline
02 / 10T	19	Exercises
04/10	20	Chapter 4 - Stalls and Performance
09 / 10T	21	Course evaluation and discussion
11/10	22	Chapter 4 - Superscales
16 / 10T	23	Chapter 5 - Caches - Basic Concepts
18/10	24	Chapter 5 - Caches
23 / 10T	25	Exercises
25/10	26	Exercises and Testing
30 / 10T	--	No class on this date
01/11	--	No class on this date
06 / 11T	27	Chapter 5 - Virtual Memory
08/11	28	Chapter 6 - Entry and Exit
13 / 11T	29	Chapter 6 - Entry and Exit
15/11	--	There will be no activities
20 / 11T	--	There will be no activities
22/11	30	Exercises
27 / 11T	31	Exam 2
29/11	32	No class
11 / 12T	--	Examination