Instructor: Dr' Hong Jiang

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CSCE230 Computer OrganizationFall 2004

• Instructor Dr. Hong Jiang
• Teaching Assistant Mr. Sheng Zhang
• Department of Computer Science Engineering
• University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• Classroom 19 Avery Hall Time 130-220pm, MWF
• Office Hour 1230-120pm, M,W,F Office 268
  Avery
• TA Office Hour 1100am-100pm, Thursday, 6 501
  Bldg
• ltjiang,szhanggt_at_cse.unl.edu
• Cse.unl.edu/jiang/cse230

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Course Syllabus

• Description
• CSCE230. Computer Organization (3 cr) Prereq
  CSCE 150, 155, 310 or detailed knowledge of a
  high-level programming language. Introduction to
  organization and structure of computer systems,
  with emphasis on hardware aspects of a computer
  system. It covers Boolean Logic, Digital
  Arithmetic, Processor Organization, Machine
  Language Programming, Input/Output, Memory
  Organization, System Support Software, and
  Communication. The material in this course forms
  the basis for the more advanced courses in
  computer architecture (CSE 430), High-Performance
  Processor Architecture (CSE 432), VLSI design
  (CSE 434), and communication networks (CSE 462).
• Course Schedule
• An overview and tentative (and approximate)
  schedule of the course is listed below

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Course Syllabus

• Course Schedule (continued)
• An overview and tentative (and approximate)
  schedule of the course is listed below

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Course Syllabus (cont.)

• Grading Policy
• Three exams will be given during the course.
  The three exams will
• be equally weighted and equally spaced throughout
  the semester,
• approximately one for every 5-week period. All
  these exams will be
• taken in class during the 50-minute scheduled
  class hours. There will not be a final exam for
  this class.
• A Term Project will be assigned at around the
  midterm and will have
• students work in teams of two to design a simple
  but real one-cycle CPU.
• 6-7 homework assignments will be given. Each is
  due in class on its specified due date. Late work
  is penalized 20 per day. Once solutions are
  published, late work cannot be accepted for
  credit.
• While collaboration on homework is permitted,
  blatant copying will not be tolerated. Violators,
  if caught, will subject to penalties ranging from
  a zero for the homework assignment in question to
  an F grade for the course, depending on the
  severity of the violation.
• Final Grade will be generated according to the
  weight associated with each component listed
  below
• Exams 3X20 60
• Homework Assignment 20
• Term Projec 20
• Textbook David A. Patterson and John L.
  Hennessy, Computer Organization and Design The
  Hardware/Software Interface, 3rd Edition, Morgan
  Kaufmann Publishers Inc., 2004.