| ECE 152 |
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Computer Architecture |
| Spring 2012 |
| Professor Daniel J. Sorin |
| Objectives |
| The objective of this course is to learn how computers work, focusing on how the computer hardware executes the software. |
| The course focuses on instruction sets, computer arithmetic, processor design, memory system design, and input/output. A major component |
| of the course will be a group project in which each team of students will design and build a computer in real hardware and then run programs on it. |
| Prerequisites: ECE 52 and the ability to program in a high-level language (C, C++, or Java) |
| Class Location and Hours |
Class meets Monday/Wednesday/Friday from 10:20am - 11:10am.
Location: Hudson 125
| Instructor, Teaching Assistant, and News Group |
This is a large class, which means that students should contact other sources of information before, if necessary, contacting the professor.
* The first option for finding help is this website.
* The second option for finding help is the outstanding group of teaching assistants for this course. Either email them (via the course's Google group) or go to their office hours. Questions on the Google group may get answered by a TA, a fellow classmate, or the professor.
Graduate Teaching Assistant: Ralph Nathan (ralph.nathan@duke.edu), Thurs 10-11
Undergraduate Teaching Assistants:
John Cuffney (john.cuffney@), Weds 11-12
David Herzka (david.herzka@), Weds 2:30-3:30
Justin Klaassen (justin.klaassen@), Tues 3-4
Guy Tracy (guy.tracy@), Fri 1-2
Xin Xu (xin.xu@), Fri 3-4
Jonathan Zhang (yz96@), Monday 1:30-2:30
* If you need to contact the professor, please email him or come to his office hours:
Office: 209C Hudson Hall
Office Hours: Monday 11:10-noon, Thurs 1:30-2:30
Email: sorin AT ee DOT duke DOT edu (email subject must begin with ECE152)
| Required Textbook |
| David A. Patterson and John L. Hennessy. Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface, 4th edition, Morgan-Kaufmann. |
| Assignments and Grading |
| This course will require readings from the textbook, pencil and paper problems, programming assignments, and one multi-part project. |
Students are responsible for:
| Deadlines will be enforced except under extreme
circumstances. Anything turned in late will incur a 10% penalty
per day late (e.g., from due date until 24 hours late is 10%
off). I would prefer that you turn in something not quite done on the due date
rather than waiting until after the deadline to try to finish
it.
Start assignments and projects EARLY so that you don't get stuck at the end! |
| Academic Misconduct: I will not tolerate academically dishonest work. This includes cheating on the homework, project, and exams. |
| This course has historically had a high incidence of academic misconduct cases which have led to academic suspension and expulsion. |
| Refer to the Duke Undergraduate Honor Code or to the instructor if you have any questions about misconduct. |
| Topics, Lecture Notes, and Reading Assignments |
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I will post lecture notes (in PDF format) shortly before I cover them in class. Please bring them to class. Click on topic title for link to notes. Do not think that you can read the notes instead of attending class. You will miss a LOT of course material if you miss class.
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| Homework Assignments |
Homework #1 (Intro and Chapter 1), due Monday, Jan 23
Homework #2 (Instruction Sets and Chapter 2), due Monday, Feb 6
Homework #3 (Arithmetic and Chapter 3), due Monday, Feb 20
Homework #4 (Unpipelined CPU and Chapter 4), due Wednesday, Mar 14
Homework #5 (Pipelined CPU) -- CANCELLED
Homework #6 (Caches/Memory and Chapter 5), due Wednesday, Apr 18
| Project |
The project for this class will be performed in groups of 2, and it has multiple parts. The end products will be:
The Duke 152/S11 architecture's specification
I have subdivided this project into smaller parts that will be due throughout the semester.
Part 1: Register File (75 points), due Friday, Jan 20
Part 2: Memory (25 points), due Friday, Jan 27
Part 3: Adder/Shifter (100 points), due Weds, Feb 8
Part 4: ALU (75 points), due Weds, Feb 22
Part 5: Unpipelined processor (200 points), due Fri, Mar 16
Part 6: Pipelined processor (200 points), due Weds, Apr 11
Part 7: Whole Enchilada (200 points), due Weds, Apr 25
| Schedule |
This is a VERY tentative schedule which may change depending on time constraints and which days the instructor will be out of town.
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Week |
Monday |
Wednesday |
Friday |
Jan 9 |
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Intro/Overview |
Intro |
| Jan 16 |
MLK DAY |
Intro | Intro |
| Jan 23 | Instruction Sets | Instruction Sets | Instruction Sets |
| Jan 30 | Instruction Sets | Computer Arithmetic |
Computer Arithmetic |
| Feb 6 | Computer Arithmetic | Computer Arithmetic |
Computer Arithmetic |
| Feb 13 | Processor Design | Processor Design |
Processor Design |
| Feb 20 | Pipelining | review for midterm | NO CLASS |
| Feb 27 |
Midterm |
Pipelining | Pipelining |
| Mar 5 |
SPRING BREAK |
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| Mar 12 | Pipelining | Memory Systems | Memory Systems |
| Mar 19 | Memory Systems | Memory Systems | Memory Systems |
| Mar 26 | Memory Systems |
I/O |
I/O |
| Apr 2 | I/O | Multicore | Multicore |
| Apr 9 | Multicore | Multicore | Multicore/Sun Niagara |
| Apr 16 | Sun Niagara | Advanced Topics | Advanced Topics |
| Apr 23 |
review for final exam |
project demos |
Reading Period |
| Apr 30 |
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