CSCI2510 Computer Organization (Fall 2018)

Course Information

Lecture Time and Place	MON 12:30~14:15 (@ ERB 404) & TUE 12:30~13:15 (@ ERB 404)
Tutorial Time and Place	TUE 14:30~15:15 (@ LSB LT1)
Course Instructor / Consultation Hours	Prof. Ming-Chang YANG / TUE 15:30~17:30 @ SHB 906
Teaching Assistants / TA Hours	Yuhong LIANG / TUE 15:30~17:30 @ SHB 101 Bentian JIANG / MON 15:30~17:30 @ SHB 913

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Textbook

• [T] Computer Organization and Embedded Systems, 6th Ed., Hamacher, Vranesic, Zaky, and Manjikian, McGraw Hill, 2012. (amazon)

Lecture Notes and Tutorials

Week No.	Date	Lecture	Tutorial
Week 1	Sep. 3 (Mon)	Lecture 00: Course Information (Note: Our class on Sep. 3 will start at 1:30pm.) Lecture 01: Basic Structure of Computers
	Sep. 4 (Tue)	Lecture 01: Basic Structure of Computers (Cont'd)	NO TUTORIAL
Week 2	Sep. 10 (Mon)	Lecture 02: Number and Character Representation
	Sep. 11 (Tue)	Lecture 02: Number and Character Representation (Cont'd)	Tutorial 01: Environment Setup for MASM Tutorial 01: Environment Setup for MASM (masm include files) Tutorial 01: Environment Setup for MASM (Video Demo)
Week 3	Sep. 17 (Mon)	CUHK Announces Class Suspension and Close of Offices
	Sep. 18 (Tue)	Lecture 03: Memory Basics Assignment 1 (Deadline: Oct. 2, 2018 (TUE) 14:30pm)	Tutorial 02: MASM Basic Structs and Operations Tutorial 02: MASM Basic Structs and Operations (library: masm_msvcrt)
Week 4	Sep. 24 (Mon)	Lecture 03: Memory Basics (Cont'd) Lecture 04: Machine Instructions
	Sep. 25 (Tue)	Public Holiday (NO CLASS) The day following the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival	Public Holiday (NO TUTORIAL) The day following the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival
Week 5	Oct. 1 (Mon)	Public Holiday (NO CLASS) National Day
	Oct. 2 (Tue)	Conference Travel (NO CLASS) (Note: We will have a makeup class on Dec. 3 from 12:30pm to 14:30pm.)	Tutorial 03: MASM Program Structure, Debugging, and Addressing Mode
Week 6	Oct. 8 (Mon)	Lecture 04: Machine Instructions (Cont'd) Lecture 05: Program Execution
	Oct. 9 (Tue)	Lecture 05: Program Execution (Cont'd) Assignment 2 (Deadline: Oct. 23, 2018 (TUE) 14:30pm)	Tutorial 04: Stack and Queue Tutorial 04: Stack and Queue (masm_queue)
Week 7	Oct. 15 (Mon)	Lecture 05: Program Execution (Cont'd) Lecture 06: Memory Hierarchy
	Oct. 16 (Tue)	Lecture 06: Memory Hierarchy (Cont'd)	Tutorial 05: Review for Midterm
Week 8	Oct. 22 (Mon)	Lecture 07: Cache in Action
	Oct. 23 (Tue)	Midterm Exam (Scope: Lec01~Lec05, Hw01~Hw02)	Tutorial 06: Introduction to Assembly Language
Week 9	Oct. 29 (Mon)	Lecture 07: Cache in Action (Cont'd)
	Oct. 30 (Tue)	Lecture 08: Cache Performance	Tutorial 07: Subroutine in MASM
Week 10	Nov. 5 (Mon)	Lecture 08: Cache Performance (Cont'd) Lecture 09: Virtual Memory
	Nov. 6 (Tue)	Lecture 09: Virtual Memory (Cont'd)	Tutorial 08: Direct Mapping in MASM Tutorial 08: Direct Mapping in MASM (direct_mapping.asm)
Week 11	Nov. 12 (Mon)	Lecture 10: Basic Processing Unit
	Nov. 13 (Tue)	Lecture 10: Basic Processing Unit (Cont'd) Assignment 3 (Deadline: Nov. 27, 2018 (TUE) 14:30pm)	Tutorial 09: Associative Mapping in MASM Tutorial 09: Associative Mapping in MASM (associative_mapping_lru.asm)
Week 12	Nov. 19 (Mon)	Lecture 10: Basic Processing Unit (Cont'd) Lecture 11: Control Unit and Instruction Encoding
	Nov. 20 (Tue)	Lecture 11: Control Unit and Instruction Encoding (Cont'd) Lecture 12: Pipelining	Tutorial 10: Direct Mapping vs Associate Mapping
Week 13	Nov. 26 (Mon)	Lecture 12: Pipelining (Cont'd)
	Nov. 27 (Tue)	Lecture 12: Pipelining (Cont'd)	Tutorial 11: Review for Final
Week 14	Dec. 3 (Mon)	Make-up Class 12:30~14:15 @ ERB 404 Lecture 13: Basic Input and Output (Optional) Review for Final
	Dec. 6 (Thur)	Final Exam 15:30~17:30 @ Sir Run Run Shaw Hall (Stage) Scope: Lec06~Lec12, Hw03, Tut06~Tut11