Syllabus

FALL 2017

LECTURE	DATE	TOPICS	PREPARATION	DUE	ASSIGNED
1	AUG 29	Course Introduction Classification of Computers and Instructions	Course Introduction Chapter 1 Chapter 2
2	AUG 31	Addressing Modes RISC vs. CISC The Simple RISC (SRC) SRC Assembly Language	Chapter 2 The Case for the RISC		Homework 1
3	SEPT 5	SRC Abstract RTN Displacement-Based Addressing	Chapter 2 SRC Abstract RTN Displacement-Based Addressing
4	SEPT 7	1-Bus SRC Microarchitecture 1-Bus SRC Concrete RTN	Chapter 4 1-Bus SRC Block Diagrams 1-Bus SRC RTN	Homework 1	Homework 2
5	SEPT 12	1-Bus SRC Control FSM 2-Bus SRC Microarchitecture 3-Bus SRC Microarchitecture	Chapter 4 2-Bus SRC Block Diagrams 3-Bus SRC Block Diagrams
6	SEPT 14	SRC VHDL Implementation	VHDL Tutorial 1-Bus SRC VHDL	Homework 2	Homework 3
7	SEPT 19	SRC FPGA Implementation	1-BUS SRC Vivado Tutorial Vivado Clock Constraint Tutorial
8	SEPT 21	Interrupts/Exceptions	Chapter 4	Homework 3
9	SEPT 26	Exam 1 Results
10	SEPT 28	Introduction to Memory Memory Space Decoding Introduction to Schematic Capture	Chapter 7 AM27C256 EPROM Datasheet EPROM Example CY7C199N SRAM Datasheet SRAM Example		Homework 4
11	OCT 3	Schematic Capture Details Memory Boards and Modules	Chapter 7 ExpressSCH Quick Start Guide
12	OCT 5	FPM DRAM SRC FPM DRAM Design Examples	FPM DRAM Datasheet SRC FPM DRAM Design Examples	Homework 4	Homework 5
13	OCT 10	SDRAM DDR DRAM DDR2 DRAM DDR3 DRAM	DRAM Types MT48LC8M8A2 SDRAM Datasheet MT46V128M8 DDR DRAM Datasheet MT47H256M8 DDR2 DRAM Datasheet MT41J512M8 DDR3 DRAM Datasheet media:8Gb_DDR4_SDRAM.pdf
14	OCT 12	Cache Virtual Memory	Chapter 7 SRC Cache Example SRC Cache Datapath Example Virtual Memory Concepts	Homework 5	Homework 6
	OCT 17	Fall Break
15	OCT 19	Memory-Mapped I/O Shared I/O Polling Interrupt-Driven I/O Direct Memory Access (DMA) The Multi-Master SRC Bus Bus Arbitration	Chapter 8 SRC Stereo Card Bus Alternatives Three-Slot Multi-Master SRC Motherboard	Homework 6	Homework 7
16	OCT 24	The PCI Bus	PCI Lecture Notes
17	OCT 26	Serial vs. Parallel I/O Buses PCIe	LTSPICE Tutorial Reflection Lecture PCIe Lecture	Homework 7	Homework 8
18	OCT 31	Parity Hamming Codes ECC Memory	Chapter 8 Coding Theory 101
19	NOV 2	Disks Video DACs ADCs	Chapter 9 SRC Video Example R2R DAC Example Flash ADC Example	Homework 8
20	NOV 7	USB 2.0/3.0 IEEE 1394 (Firewire)	Chapter 10
21	NOV 9	Exam 2
22	NOV 14	Introduction to Pipelining	Chapter 5	Homework 9
23	NOV 16	Pipelining the SRC	Chapter 5 Pipelined SRC Execution Simulation
24	NOV 21	Microprogramming the SRC	Chapter 5 Microprogrammed SRC Control Unit Microprogrammed SRC CONTROL.VHD Microprogrammed SRC CONTROLSTORE.VHD	Homework 9	Homework 10
	NOV 23	Thanksgiving Break
25	NOV 28	Very Long Instruction Word (VLIW) Computing Superscalar/Out-of-Order Processing Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing (EPIC)	Chapter 5 Fisher Paper 1 Fisher Paper 2 VLIW Notes AMD K7 Presentation Intel Intanium
26	NOV 30	Transmeta Crusoe Introduction to Multicore/Cache Coherency	Transmeta Crusoe White Paper Illinois Protocol Paper (1984)	Homework 10
27	DEC 5	Supercomputing
28	DEC 7	Exam 3