CPSC 321Computer Architecture.ppt

CPSC 321Computer Architecture Fall 2006 Lecture 1 Introduction and Five Components of a Computer Adapted from CS 152 Spring 2002 UC Berkeley Copyright (C) 2001 UCB Course Instructor Rabi Mahapatra E-mail: (rabi@), Sections: 501-503:MWF 12:40 – 1:30 PM 520B, HRBB tel: 845-5787 Office Hours: After the Class TA Information Suman K Mandal Email: Office: Office Hours: Lei Wu Phone: E-mail: (leiwu@) Office: 526, HRBB tel: 571-2640 Office Hour: TBD Course Information [contd…] Grading: Projects, Assignments, Exams Assignments 20% Mid Term 25% Finals 25% Projects 30% Labs MIPS (Assembly Programming), Verilog (HDL) Projects Project 1: MIPS Projects 2 3: Verilog (Datapath Design) Course Information [contd…] Book (Required) Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface, Third Edition , David A. Patterson and John L. Hennessy, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers. Do not get second edition REFERENCES: Digital DesignM. Morris Mano, 3rd Edition, Prentice Hall The Verilog Hardware Description Language Thomas Morby, 5th Edition, Kluwer Academic Publishers Check the course webpage for other materials and links Course Information [contd…] Course Webpage /rabi/cpsc321/ CS Accounts Use your CS accounts to turnin and check any email regarding course Course Overview Course Overview [contd…] What’s In It For Me ? In-depth understanding of the inner-workings of modern computers, their evolution, and trade-offs present at the hardware/software boundary. Insight into fast/slow operations that are easy/hard to implementation hardware Experience with the design process in the context of a large complex (hardware) design. Functional Spec -- Control Datapath -- Physical implementation Modern CAD tools Computer Architecture - Definition Computer Architecture = ISA + MO Instruction Set Architecture What the executable can “see” as underlying hardware Logical View Machine Organization How the hardware implements ISA ? Physical View Computer