[2023 Fall] Computer Architecture

Course Information

Course Computer Architecture Department Artificial Intelligence / Computer Science and Engineering
Office Hours (Tue) 17:00 ~ 19:00 Course No. and Class 39145-01 / 20493-05
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 (Tue) 15:30 ~ 16:45
(Thu) 12:30 ~ 13:45

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.
* This class is a computer architecture class jointly opened by the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science & Engineering. The grading system for this class will be based on the overall performance of the students, meaning that letter grades will NOT be calculated separately. Instead, they will be determined considering the total number of students in the class.
* The primary syllabus used for this course is from the website rather than the traditional school system. Consequently, any significant updates or changes will be made exclusively to the web syllabus.
* The schedule for both September and October may undergo changes due to parental leave specifically in October (Possible pre-recorded or online lectures) .

Prerequisites

  1. A prior digital logic design course is recommended.
  2. 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%

Explain of evaluation system
  1. About 30% of students: A (Including A+/A/A-)
  2. About 40% of students: B (Including B+/B/B-)
  3. About 30% of students: C and below

Further details regarding the letter grade and attendance
  1. If your total score does not exceed 30%, you will get an "F" regardless of the percentage above.
  2. If you are absent more than five times, you will get an "F."
  3. If you are late twice, you are considered absent once.
  4. The course is specifically designed for sophomore students; hence, absences related to job positions or interviews cannot be accepted as excuses.

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 2023-09-05 (Tue) CH #00: Introduction of Computer Architecture Class
2023-09-07 (Thu) CH #01: Computer Abstractions and Technology
Week #02 2023-09-12 (Tue)
2023-09-12 (Tue) EXTRA: Linux and Build System [18:30 ~ 20:00 (POSCO465)] (Make Up Class)
2023-09-14 (Thu) CH #02: Instructions: Language of the Computer
Week #03 2023-09-19 (Tue)
2023-09-19 (Tue) [18:30 ~ 20:00 (POSCO465)] (Make Up Class)
2023-09-21 (Thu)
Week #04 2023-09-26 (Tue)
2023-09-26 (Tue) [18:30 ~ 20:00 (POSCO465)] (Make Up Class)
2023-09-28 (Thu) NO CLASS (Thanksgiving) Make Up Class on Sep. 12th
Week #05 2023-10-03 (Tue) NO CLASS (The National Foundation Day of Korea) Make Up Class on Sep. 19th
2023-10-05 (Thu) CH #03: Arithmetic for Computers
Week #06 2023-10-10 (Tue)
2023-10-10 (Tue) [18:30 ~ 20:00 (POSCO465)] (Make Up Class)
2023-10-12 (Thu) MIDTERM EXAM
Week #07 2023-10-17 (Tue) NO CLASS Make Up Class on Nov. 14th
2023-10-19 (Thu) CH #04: The RISC-V Processor
Week #08 2023-10-24 (Tue) Parental Leave (NO CLASS) Make Up Class on Sep. 26th
2023-10-26 (Thu) Make Up Class on Oct. 10th
Week #09 2023-10-31 (Tue) Make Up Class on Nov. 07th
2023-11-02 (Thu) CH #04: The RISC-V Processor
Week #10 2023-11-07 (Tue)
2023-11-07 (Tue) [18:30 ~ 20:00 (POSCO465)] (Make Up Class)
2023-11-09 (Thu)
Week #11 2023-11-14 (Tue)
2023-11-14 (Tue) [18:30 ~ 20:00 (POSCO464)] (Make Up Class)
2023-11-16 (Thu)
Week #12 2023-11-21 (Tue) CH #05: Large and Fast: Exploiting Memory Hierarchy
2023-11-23 (Thu)
Week #13 2023-11-28 (Tue)
2023-11-30 (Thu)
Week #14 2023-12-05 (Tue) CH #06: Parallel Processors from Client to Cloud
2023-12-07 (Thu)
Week #15 2023-12-12 (Tue) Class Summary
2023-12-14 (Thu) FINAL EXAM
Week #16 2023-12-19 (Tue) NO CLASS
2023-12-21 (Thu) Final Exam Review (Nonmandatory)

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.