Project 1 CSCI 640

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Project 1CSCI 640

• Codes

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Background

• Refer to syllabus
• Anticipated Grading
• Exam 1 25Exam 2               
  25 Homework 25Papers /
  Projects 25
• It is anticipated that there will be a number of
  specific homework assignments. Most of these
  will likely come from the end of the chapters we
  study, but perhaps not all.
• ? Additional small / short papers and projects
  will be periodically assigned, but these are not
  major efforts. For example, I may ask you to
  research some information on a specific topic and
  submit a two or three paper summary of the
  information you found.

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Project One

• We have said a great deal especially near the
  end of Chapter 12 regarding parity, bit parity,
  block parity, etc. especially in regard to RAID
  architectures.
• This assignment has to do with this topic and
  related topics dealing a lot with hardware
  architecture.

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Paper Details

• I would like you to develop a paper of no fewer
  than three pages double spaced is fine to
  accommodate the following information. (You may
  take as much space as you wish, but no fewer than
  three pages in a Word document)
• 1. Please discuss parity from a primary memory
  point of view. Address things like information
  bits versus parity bits as they pertain to
  primary memory.
• This discussion must include error detection
  codes and error correction codes. Specifically
  what bits in, say, an 8-bit byte are information
  bits and which are check or parity bits. So what
  is the real size of a byte in primary memory. Be
  sure to address error detection and error
  correction codes in some detail.

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Paper Details - 2

• 2. What, briefly, is bit parity, block parity,
  etc. as pertains to RAID architectures?
• 3. Discuss Cyclic Redundancy Checking (CRC
  checking) Indicate your understanding of how a
  CRC is computed and what they are used for.
• 4. Related topics you might have discovered that
  you found helpful.
• 5. Provide your sources (I use Google a great
  deal..) ?

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Conclusion

• If this is unclear, please let me know and I will
  clarify.
• Thanks, and have fun.