ERDAL ORUKLU Ph.D.

ECE 485

COMPUTER ORGANIZATION AND DESIGN

• Course Objective
  To give students a clear understanding of the fundamental concepts of modern computer design, and relationships between hardware and software. The students will learn how to completely design a correct single-processor computer, including processor datapath, processor control, memory systems, and I/O..

• Instructor: Erdal Oruklu
  Office: 301 Siegel Hall
  Phone: (312) 567-8814
  E-Mail:
  Office Hours: T, R 1:30PM - 3:00 PM

• Lecture Time: M, W 3:15-4:30 PM.
  Location: Stuart Building (SB) Room 204.

• Required Textbook : "Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface,"  (3rd Ed.) by
  D. A. Patterson and J. L. Hennessey
  Morgan Kaufman Publishers, 2004
  ISBN: 1558606041

• References: “See MIPS Run” by
  Dominic Sweetman
  Morgan Kaufmann Publishers,
  ISBN: 1558604103
  

• Course Syllabus

• Lectures:
  • Lecture 1: 08/29/05
  • Lecture 2: 08/31/05
  • Lecture 3: 09/07/05
  • Lecture 4: 09/12/05
  • Lecture 5: 09/14/05
  • Lecture 6: 09/19/05
  • Lecture 7: 09/21/05
  • Lecture 8: 09/26/05
  • Lecture 9: 09/28/05
  • Lecture 10: 10/03/05
  • Lecture 11: 10/05/05
  • Midterm #1 Review 10/10/05
  • Midterm #1 10/12/05
  • Lecture 14: 10/17/05
  • Lecture 15: 10/19/05
  • Lecture 16: 10/24/05
  • Lecture 17: 10/26/05
  • Lecture 18: 10/31/05
  • Lecture 19: 11/02/05
  • Midterm #2 Review 11/07/05
  • Midterm #2 11/09/05
  • Lecture 22: 11/14/05
  • Midterm #2 Solutions 11/16/05
  • Lecture 24: 11/21/05
  • Lecture 25: 11/23/05
  • Lecture 26: 11/28/05
  • Lecture 27: Memory Systems - Practice Questions and Answers: 11/30/05
  • Lectures 28-29: 12/05/05 - 12/07/05

• Midterm1 Date: 10/12/05 Wednesday
• Midterm2 Date: 11/09/05 Wednesday
• Final Exam Date: 12/13/05 Tuesday 14:00-16:00
  • Open text book and open lecture notes only
  • Remote students will take the exam at the main campus. Class room is Stuart Building SB-204
  • Practice questions from Chapter 7
  • Practice questions from Chapter 8

• Final Project
  
  • For the final project, you will be building your own custom MIPS processor which has a multicycle datapath.
    You will implement a subset of MIPS ISA using VHDL language. You can find the project description here
  • Project report template (word file)
  • Report Structure (pdf file)
  • You can find modelsim tutorials in the following links
  • Modelsim Tutorial #1
  • Modelsim Tutorial #2
  • VHDL Tutorial on using 'generate statements'
  • Sample VHDL code for memory
  • You can find a simulator that can help you in designing and understanding microprogrammed MIPS architectures in the following link:
  • http://ls12-www.cs.uni-dortmund.de/ravi/

• Homework Assignments:
  
  • Homework 1: Due date 09/21/05
  • Homework #1 Solutions - Password protected
  • Homework 2: Due date 09/28/05
  • Homework #2 Solutions - Password protected
  • Homework 3: Due date 10/05/05
  • Homework #3 Solutions - Password protected
  • Homework 4: Due date 10/26/05
  • Homework #4 Solutions - Password protected
  • Homework 5: Due date 11/07/05
  • Homework #5 Solutions - Password protected
  • Additional questions and answers from Chapter6

• Software:
  
  • MIPS Simulator
  • Mentor Graphics Modelsim
  • ModelSim Installation Guide- password protected
  • Modelsim license file - password protected
  • VHDL Tutorial

• Teaching Assistant:
  
  • John Moskal -
    Office Hour: T 3:00-4:00pm; R 5:00-6:00pm