COURSE SYLLABUS

I. COURSE NUMBER: CSCI 310

COURSE NAME: Computer Architecture
CREDIT HOURS: 3

II. TERM AND YEAR: Spring 2001

INSTRUCTORS: A. Gupta

OFFICE: F-308, Tel: (423) 869-6380

Off. Hrs: TR : 12:30-2:00 pm, F: 8:00 – 9:00am

agupta@inetlmu.lmunet.edu

III. COURSE PREREQUISITES: CSCI 200

IV. COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Description: This course is designed to provide structure and function of a computer. System buses, Interconnection Structures, PCI, Internal Memory, DRAM, External Memory, I/Os, Computer Arithmetic, Digital Logic Circuits, Integer and Floating point representation, Instruction sets, Addressing modes, Virtual Memory, Caching, Concurrency and how they all work to form a functioning computer system a elementary study of microcomputers, their history, and their uses.

V. TEXT: Computer Organization And Architecture William Stallings Fifth Edition

Prentice Hall

VI. COURSE OBJECTIVES: The objectives for this course include:

• Students will begin to understand the role of the components of a computer system and how they work together.
• Students will begin to understand the function and operation of the CPU.
• Students will develop an understanding of the format of instruction sets and the operation of the instruction cycle.
• Given an instruction set, students will be able to write simple assembler routines using that instruction set.
• Students will begin to understand micro programmed control.

VII. UNITS OF INSTRUCTION:

Following is a tentative course outline. The outline may be revised as deemed necessary by the instructor. This course will utilize lecture and discussion as the main tools for presenting the course material. Students will be expected to read the material be prepared to discuss the readings and the assignments in class. Students will also be expected to write and present brief summaries over parts of the course material. This will generally take the form of studying a problem from the book or given by the instructor and writing a summary which explains the problem and gives a possible solution

VIII. REQUIRED READING: Textbooks

IX. COURSE REQUIREMENTS/METHODS OF ASSESSMENT/EVALUATION/DOCUMENTATION:

All students are expected to attend classes regularly. Assignments must be turned in on the due date and will not be accepted late unless prior arrangements are made with the instructor. The final grade will be based on the following:

Tests (2) 50%

Final (1) 25%

Homework/Problems/Quizzes 25%

A letter grade will be awarded according to the following scheme:

A 90% and above

B 80 - 89.9%

C 70 - 79.9%

D 65 - 69.9%

F Below 65%

The final exam will be given only on the official date designated by the University, except in emergency situations.

X. DATE OF REVISION: August 2001