Introduction to Computer Hardware

Instructor: Zeshan A. Chishti

Spring 2012: Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:00 – 1:50 PM, EB 102

What’s New

· 22-May: Class notes for Lecture 15 posted

· 20-May: Class notes for Lecture 14 posted

· 18-May: Homework 6 posted

· 18-May: Homework 5 solution posted

Class Information

· Date and Time: Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:00 PM – 1:50 PM

· Place: Engineering Building (EB) Room 102

· Office hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays after class or by appointment

· TA: Rocky Chase (Email: rockyc AT pdx dot edu, Office hours Tuesday 2-4 PM, Thursday 3-4 PM in Circuits Lounge)

· Class description and policies

Homeworks and Exams

· Homework 1: due Apr-12, Solution

· Homework 2: due Apr-19, Solution

· Homework 3: due Apr-26, Solution

· Homework 4: due May-03, Solution

· Practice problems for Week-5 course material

· Midterm exam and solution

· Homework 5: due May-17, Solution

· Homework 6: due May-24

Tentative Class Schedule

Week	Date	Topic	Book Chapter	Class Notes	Homework
1	3-Apr	Combinational Logic Gates, Logic Functions and Logic Expression Minimization	Appendix A (Sections A.1, A.2, A.3, and A.4, excluding A.3.1 and A.3.2)	slides, four-per-page, lecture video
1	5-Apr	Sequential Logic, Latches, Flip-flops, Registers	Appendix A (Sections A.6, A.7)	slides, four-per-page, lecture video	HW1 out
2	10-Apr	Counters, Finite State Machines, Decoders, Multiplexers	Appendix A (Sections A.8, A.9, A.10 and A.13)	slides, four-per-page, lecture video
2	12-Apr	Programmable Logic Devices Computer Arithmetic: Addition and Subtraction of Signed Integers	Appendix A (Sections A.11, A.12) Chapter 9 (Section 9.1)	slides, four-per-page, lecture video	HW1 due, HW2 out
3	17-Apr	Computer Arithmetic: Design of Fast Adders	Chapter 9 (Section 9.2)	slides, four-per-page, lecture video
3	19-Apr	Computer Arithmetic: Multipliers	Chapter 9 (Sections 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, excluding 9.5.4)	slides, four-per-page, lecture video	HW2 due, HW3 out
4	24-Apr	Computer Arithmetic: Integer Division Basic Organization and Operation of Computers	Chapter 9 (Section 9.6) Chapter 1 (Section 1.2 and 1.6)	slides, four-per-page, lecture video
4	26-Apr	Basic computer architecture – Fundamental Concepts of Instruction Processing	Chapter 5 (Sections 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3)	slides, four-per-page, lecture video	HW3 due, HW4 out
5	1-May	Basic Computer Architecture – Hardware Components of a Processor	Chapter 5 (Section 5.3.3, 5.3.4 and 5.4)	slides, four-per-page, lecture video
5	3-May	Basic Computer Architecture – Instruction Fetch and Execution Steps, Control Signals and Hardwired Control	Chapter 5 (Section 5.4.1, 5.4.2, 5.5 and 5.6)	slides, four-per-page, lecture video	HW4 due, Practice Problems out, No new homework assigned
6	8-May	Pipelining Hardware – Basic Concepts	Chapter 6 (Section 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 and 6.4)	slides, four-per-page, lecture video
6	10-May	Midterm Exam: 12:00 – 1:30 PM			No homework due because of midterm, HW5 out
7	15-May	Pipelining Hardware: Data and Instruction Hazards	Chapter 6 (Sections 6.4, 6.5 and 6.6)	slides, four-per-page, lecture video
7	17-May	Pipelining Hardware: Branch Prediction, Structural Hazards	Chapter 6 (Sections 6.6 and 6.7)	slides, four-per-page, lecture video	HW5 due, HW6 out
8	22-May	Pipelining Hardware: Performance Evaluation, Superscalar operation	Chapter 6 (Sections 6.8 and 6.9)	slides, four-per-page, lecture video
8	24-May	Pipelining Hardware: CISC Processors Memory Hierarchy and Virtual Memory: Basic Concepts, Semiconductor RAM Memories	Chapter 6 (Section 6.10) Chapter 8 (Sections 8.1 and 8.2)	slides, four-per-page	HW6 due, HW7 out
9	29-May	Memory Hierarchy and Virtual Memory	Chapter 8
9	31-May	Memory Hierarchy and Virtual Memory	Chapter 8		HW7 due, HW8 out
10	5-Jun	Input/output techniques – polling and interrupts	Chapter 3 (Section 3.1, 3.2.1, 3.2.3)
10	7-Jun	Input/output techniques – DMA	Chapter 8 (Section 8.4)		HW8 due
11	14-Jun	Final Exam: 10:15 AM – 12:05 PM