[2022 Fall] Computer Architecture

Course Information

Course Computer Architecture Department Computer Science and Engineering
Office Hours Wed. 13:00 ~ 16:00 Course No. and Class 20493-02
Hours 3.0 Academic Credit 3.0
Professor Yoon, Myung Kuk Office Jinseonmi-Gwan, 213
Telephone (82)-2-3277-3819 E-Mail myungkuk.yoon at ewha.ac.kr
Value of Competence Pursuit of Knowledge(80), Creative Convergence(20) Keyword CPU Design, Memory Design, System I/O
Class Time (WED) 17:00 ~ 18:15
(FRI) 17:00 ~ 18:15

Course Description

In this class, students will learn about the basic concepts of computer architecture, including Instruction Set Architecture (ISA), CPU processor design, and memory hierarchy.
To improve understanding, students will do several programming assignments that are partially related to the computer architecture concepts.

Prerequisites

A prior digital logic design course is recommended.
Basic knowledge of the C/C++ programming language is required.

Course Format

Lecture Discussion/Presentation Experiment/Practicum Field Study Other
90% 0% 10% 0% 0%

Course Objectives

In this class, students will be introduced to:

  1. Instruction Set Architecture (ISA)
  2. Arithmetic (Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, etc.)
  3. CPU Processor Design (Pipeline, Instruction-Level Parallelism, etc.)
  4. Memory Hierarchy (Memory Technology, Cache, etc.)
  5. Parallel Processor Design (SISD, MIMD, SIMD, SPMD, and Vector)
  6. And more topics if time permits

Evaluation System

Evaluation: Relative + Absolute

Midterm Exam Final Exam Quizzes Presentations Projects Assignment Participation Other
30% 30% 0% 0% 0% 40% 0% 0%

Evaluation of group projects may include peer evaluations

Explain of evaluation system

  1. About 35% of students: A (Including A+/A/A-)
  2. About 45% of students: B (Including B+/B/B-)
  3. About 20% of students: C and below

* If your total score does not exceed 20%, you will get an "F" regardless of the percentage above
* If you are absent more than five times, you will get an "F"
* If you are late twice, you are considered absent once

Required Materials

  • Computer Organization and Design RISC-V Edition: The Hardware Software Interface

    David A. Patterson and John L. Hennessy
    Edition: Second (2E)
    ISBN-13: 978-0128203316
    ISBN-10: 0128203315

Supplementary Materials

NONE

Optional Additional Readings

NONE

Course Contents

Week Date Topics & Materials Assignement & Quiz & Etc.
Week #01 2022-09-02 (FRI) CH #00: Introduction of Computer Architecture Class
2022-09-07 (WED)
Week #02 2022-09-09 (FRI) NO CLASS Thanksgiving
2022-09-14 (WED) CH #01: Computer Abstractions and Technology
2022-09-14 (WED) Class Block #8 (Make Up Class)
Week #03 2022-09-16 (FRI) CH #02: Instructions: Language of the Computer
2022-09-21 (WED)
2022-09-21 (WED) Class Block #8 (Make Up Class)
Week #04 2022-09-23 (FRI)
2022-09-28 (WED)
Week #05 2022-09-30 (FRI) CH #03: Arithmetic for Computers
2022-10-05 (WED) NO CLASS Make Up Class on Sep. 14th
Week #06 2022-10-07 (FRI) NO CLASS Make Up Class on Sep. 21st
2022-10-12 (WED) CH #03: Arithmetic for Computers
Week #07 2022-10-14 (FRI)
2022-10-19 (WED) CH #04: The RISC-V Processor
Week #08 2022-10-21 (FRI)
2022-10-26 (WED)
Week #09 2022-10-28 (FRI) MIDTERM EXAM
2022-11-02 (WED) CH #04: The RISC-V Processor
Week #10 2022-11-04 (FRI)
2022-11-09 (WED)
Week #11 2022-11-11 (FRI)
2022-11-16 (WED)
Week #12 2022-11-18 (FRI) CH #05: Large and Fast: Exploiting Memory Hierarchy
2022-11-23 (WED)
2022-11-23 (WED) Class Block #8 (Make Up Class)
Week #13 2022-11-25 (FRI) NO CLASS Make Up Class on Nov. 23rd
2022-11-30 (WED) CH #05: Large and Fast: Exploiting Memory Hierarchy
Week #14 2022-12-02 (FRI)
2022-12-07 (WED) CH #06: Parallel Processors from Client to Cloud
Week #15 2022-12-09 (FRI)
2022-12-14 (WED) Class Summary
Week #16 2022-12-16 (FRI) FINAL EXAM
2022-12-21 (WED) NO CLASS

Course Policies

For laboratory courses, all students are required to complete lab safety training.

Special Accommodations

According to the University regulation #57, students with disabilities can request special accommodation related to attendance, lectures, assignments, and/or tests by contacting the course professor at the beginning of semester. Based on the nature of the students’ requests, students can receive support for such accommodations from the course professor and/or from the Support Center for Students with Disabilities (SCSD).

Extra Information

The contents of this syllabus are not final—they may be updated.