EE 361

Digital Systems and Computer Design
Fall 2001 Course Syllabus

• Email: sasaki@wiliki. Tel: 956-6103
• Office: Holmes 436 Office Hours: TBA

Prerequisite: EE 213 and EE 260

Textbook: "Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface" by Patterson and Hennessey.

Time: MWF 12:30-1:20. Room: Holmes 243

Goals: This course is designed to give students an understanding of the relationship between programs and the hardware they run on. It also provides the students with experience in designing a complex digital system, namemly a RISC processor, together with the component arithmetic and control circuits.

Lecture Topics:

• Principles of instruction set design
• The role of the compliler and optimizations
• Data path design
• Arithmetic circuits
• Control design
• Floating point representations
• Memory system design with caches
• System busses
• I/O systems

Grading: The final grade will be based on the following:

• Midterm Exam 1 (25%)
• Midterm Exam 2 (25%)
• Final Exam (25%).
• Homeworks (25%)

The midterm exam dates will be announced at least a week before they are given. Any missed exams, labs, or other assignments will result in a score of zero. With the exception of the homeworks, the grades will be based on the standard curve, i.e., A = 90%, B = 80%, C = 70%, and D = 60%. Each homework problem will be assigned a number of points. Grading of a problem will be based on getting 0%, 50%, or 100% of the points, where

• 100% means the problem was solved
• 50% means there was a reasonable attempt at the problem
• 0% means there was no attempt at solving the problem

Drop Dates:

• See schedule of courses catalog for drop dates

Important:

• You are to take all exams on the scheduled days and times. There will be no exceptions unless you have a doctor's note explaining why you could not make it.
• You are expected to come to every lecture and at the beginning of the lecture. If you have a valid reason to miss a lecture, then contact Galen Sasaki (email or telephone) before lecture so that he can save handouts for you.
• Homeworks will be collected in class and at the beginning of class, unless notified otherwise. No late homeworks will be accepted.