ENSC 150 Fall 01

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ENSC 150Fall 01
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• Introduction to Computer Design.

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Welcome to ENSC 150

• Lakshman One

Lucky
Everybody calls me
Youve probably guessed by now that I like to
play with computers.
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Todays Agenda

• How do Students fit into the scheme?

• The Art of Student Life.
• Your responsibilities for ENSC 150.

• What knowledge can Students acquire from ENSC 150?

• The Basics Fundamentals of Logic
  Circuits.
• The Purpose Structure of Modern Information
  Processors.
• The Extension Introduction to Assembly
  Languages.

• What resources are available for Students?

• Lets discuss this with a Web Browser.

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Students of ENSC 150

• Student life is simply a phase of life.

• Characteristics
• Respectable member of society,
• Life style is below the poverty level,
• Work twice as hard as most people,
• Encounter excessive stress.
• It is your choice.
• You paid to be a student,
• Success or failure is 90 in your control.

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Student Survival

• You must develop survival skills

• Skill is developed over time
• Reflect on your progress with honesty
• Time management
• Prioritize your work
• Dont get behind
• Stress management
• Find your own personal tricks to motivate
  yourself

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Requirements for ENSC 150

• Textbook
• Follow the schedule,
• Prepare for lectures
• Lectures
• Attend ALL lectures,
• Review the material and make notes ( within 48
  hours)
• Tutorials
• Exams
• Assignments
• Begin with rough work on scrap paper
• Hand in neat and organized work,
• Check for well formed grammatical sentences.

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Course Content

• This course is broken into 3 sections.

• Fundamental of Logic Systems
• Architecture of Information Processing Machines
• Assembly Language Programming

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Logic Fundamentals

• Basic concepts of 2-state logic
• Implementations of logical devices
• Design techniques
• Higher scale devices
• Timing and transitions

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Information Processing

• Standard Von Neumann Architecture
• I/O controller circuits
• Memory managers and other VLSI devices
• Pipelining and parallel systems
• RISC and CISC design philosophy
• Other architectures

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Assembly Languages

• Program structure
• Data transfers and Addressing modes
• ALU operations
• Program flow control
• Interrupts

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Resources

• Write down this URL. (This is important)

http//www.ensc.sfu.ca/lucky/Ensc150
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Preparation

• Please read all of chapter 1 by Friday.
• Answer as many of the problems as you can.