Computer Architecture and Organization

Csc342 (3cr) + co-req Csc343 (1cr.)

Textbook:

David A. Patterson and John L. Hennessy

Computer Organization & Design

THE HARDWARE/SOFTWARE INTERFACE

(Fourth Edition), Morgan Kaufman Publishers,

FOURTH  EDITION  , 2009

Software/Hardware/Technology/Design Tools

Syllabus

Course description

Course Info

Supplements:

How to: Use the High-Resolution Timer http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb397808.aspx
How To Use QueryPerformanceCounter to Time Code http://support.microsoft.com/kb/172338

Lecture Notes Helpful links Previous Homework Assignmenmts
A Simple C code as compiled by different compilers How to create a new project in .NET

Simple assembly program

Fixed Length Encoding

 Binary/Hex Arithmetic TUTOR! Enjoy.

Link_to_VHDL_Tutorial.

Simple Java program to test Bin, Hex, Octal arithmetic Simple Java Program with Integers HW 2 Rational

How to Debug on SPARC workstation
SPIM Download info
Encoding sound, images, video irrational numbers HW 3 Large Integers
HW 4 Irrational Numbers
Pointers versus indexes
Supporting Procedures in Computer Hardware
Links to CPUID INFO
Streaming vector operations in hardware (SSE_-Streaming SIMD EXtensions )

HW 5 ISA Pentium MIPS Comparison
Example of

HW 6

as prepared by a student
HW- 6 Show Performance Advantage of Streaming SIMD instructions over C++.

Hint: You may use matrix-matrix multiplication algorithm in both cases.

Present your results as Time-Matrix_Size graph.