EE
361 Digital Systems and Computer Design
Fall
2005 Course Syllabus
Under
construction: Last updated August 2005
Instructor:
Galen H. Sasaki.
- Email: galens@hawaii.edu Tel: 956-6103
- Offices: Holmes 484 or 436 Office Hours: MWF
1:30-2:20
(after class) in Holmes 484.
Prerequisite:
EE 213 "Basic Circuit Analysis II" and EE 260
"Introduction
to Digital Design"
Textbook:
- "Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software
Interface" by Patterson and Hennessey.
Time: MWF
12:30-1:20. Room: KUY 209
Goals:
A student should understand (i) computer
organization,
(ii) the principles of designing efficient computers, and (iii) the
relationship
between programs (software) and the hardware they run on. A
student
should be able to design efficient and complex digital systems, such as
a
RISC processor, computer arithmetic circuits, and control
circuits.
In addition, a student should master modern design methods for digital
circuits,
including appropriate computer-aided design (CAD) tools.
Lecture Topics:
- Principles of instruction set design, the role of compiler and
optimizations,
assembly language, machine level programs, how high level programs are
implemented
with machine instructions
- Review of digital circuits, elementary design methods, and
hardware
description language (HDL)
- Processor data path design
- Processor controller design
- Algorithms and circuits for integer arithmetic, and the
arithmetic
logic unit (ALU)
- Data representations: review of representing characters and
integers
- Floating point representation and arithmetic
- Memory system design, implementing memory cells with transistors,
RAM,
memory hierarchy, caches
- I/O systems
Course Outcomes:
- Design assembly language programs from simple programs written in
a
high-level language.
- Design assembly language functions that can be called by programs
written
in a high-level language.
- Translate assembly language programs into machine language
programs.
- Design an I/O driver.
- Understand the relationship between programs and the computer
hardware
they run on.
- Understand how data is represented in computers
- Understand algorithms for arithmetic and be able to design
arithmetic
circuits.
- Design a data path for a computer.
- Design a hardwired or micro-programmed controller for a
computer.
- Learn to use a hardware description language (HDL) to design
complex
circuits at the behavioral level
- Learn to use an HDL functional simulation to verify and debug
designs
- Implement a computer using an HDL.
- Understand memory hierarchy and the algorithms.
- Use tools for assembly language (machine level) programming such
as
the simulator.
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 following curve:
- A = 90%, A- = 87%
- B+ = 83%, B = 80%, B- = 77%
- C+ = 73%, C = 70%, C- = 67%
- D+ = 63%, D = 60%, D- = 57%
- F is anything below D-.
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 UH's Schedule of Classes Fall 2004 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.