CS 341 - Fall Term 1997 Hompage

CS 341-01 Computer Organization...............MTThF 10:20-11:20

Instructor : Brian T. Davis

bdavis@willamette.edu

CS 341 General Information

• The official course textbook is Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface by David A. Patterson and John L. Hennessy. This textbook leaves a number of areas uncovered, which will be covered by the following references.

• A reference text being used for this course is "Principles of Computer Architecture" By Miles Murdocca, Department of Computer Science, Rutgers University. Subtitled An Integrated Approach . This is a text available free of charge via the Internet. One copy will be placed on reserve at the libarary.

• The SPIM documentation in a HTML format.

• A reference covering the x86 (Intel Architecture) Instruction set. Intel Architecture Software Developer's Manual, Volume 2: Instruction Set Reference Manual from Intel. NOTE : This document is > 500 pages, please do not print a hardcopy!

• The course syllabus for EECS 341.
  

• EXAM 1 : 10/13 : Review Document

• EXAM 2 : 11/10 : Review Document
  The Review Questions as requested.

• EXAM 3 : 12/8 : Review Document

CS 341 Laboratory Assignments

• The Laboratory Guidelines for EECS 341.
  

• Laboratory Assigment # 1 which will be discussed in class Thursday 9/4 and is due in class Thursday 9/18.
  

  A Page describing the grading criterion for this assignment.

• Laboratory Assigment # 2 which will be discussed in the Thursday 9/18 lab period and is due in class Thursday 9/25.
  

  A Page describing the grading criterion for this assignment.

• Laboratory Assigment # 3 which will be discussed in the Thursday 9/25 lab period and is due in class Thursday 10/2.
  

  A Page describing the grading criterion for this assignment.

• Laboratory Assigment # 4 which will be discussed in the Thursday 10/2 lab period and is due in class Thursday 10/9.
  

• Laboratory Assigment # 5 which will be discussed in the Thursday 10/16 lab period and is due in class Thursday 10/23.
  

  A Page describing the grading criterion for this assignment.

• Laboratory Assigment # 6 which will be discussed in the Thursday 10/23 lab period and is due in class Thursday 10/30.
  

  A Page describing the grading criterion for this assignment.

• Laboratory Assigment # 7 which will be discussed in the Thursday 10/30 lab period and is due in class Thursday 11/07.
  

• Laboratory Assigment # 8 which will be discussed in the Thursday 11/13 lab period and is due in class Thursday 11/20.
  

• Laboratory Assigment # 9 which will be discussed in the Thursday 11/20 lab period and is due in class Thursday 12/4.
  

CS 341 Homework Assignments

• The first homework assignment on Digital logic and minimization of Boolean functions assigned on 9/9/97 and due on 9/19/97.

• The second homework assignment on Finite State machines and Computer Organization background information assigned on 10/3/97 and due on 10/10/97.

Web pages of interest to this course

• LogicWorks 3: Interactive Circuit Design Software A web page devoted to the digital logic simulation environment being used in this course.

• On-line Intel documentation from a non-intel web site.

• Pentium(R) II Processors-Manuals from an official Intel site.

• Intel Architecture-Manuals from an official Intel site.

• A Brief History of Computer Science Written by a professor at the University of Waterloo in Canada.

Similar Courses Elsewhere

• Computer Science 143 - Introduction to Computer Organization , at Brigam Young University.

• CS210 Computer Organization at Oberlin College , in Oberlin Ohio.

• Computer Science 397 Computer Organization and Assembly Language

• EECS 416 Microprocessor Interfacing at University of Toledo , in Toledo Ohio.