Fall 2001/ EMA 100 / MW 2:00 - 3:15pm

Instructor:

            Mr. Saraju P. Mohanty
            Office: ENB 329
            Office Hours: TW 3:30-5:00 pm
            Email: smohanty@csee.usf.edu
            Home: http://www.csee.usf.edu/~smohanty/

Teaching Assistant:

            Mr. Vijay Chandramohan
            Office: ENB 329
            Office Hours:  M 3:30-4:30pm, W 1:00-2:00pm
            Email: vchandr2@csee.usf.edu

Course Home:

              http://www.csee.usf.edu/~vchandr2/cda4205fall2001.html

Text Book:

Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface by David A. Patterson, John L. Hennessy Hardcover - 993 pages 2nd edition (September 1997) Morgan Kaufmann Publishers; ISBN: 1558604286; Dimensions (in inches): 1.94 x 9.57 x 7.69

Course Outline:

1.      Basics of Computer Hardware and Software

2.      Performance of Computers

3.      Instruction Set Architecture

4.      Computer Arithmetic

5.      Processor Design

6.      Instruction Pipelining

7.      Memory Hierarchy

8.      Peripheral Devices

9.      Parallel Processors

Prerequisites: Logic Design and Assembly Language Programming

 

Tests Schedule: 

Date/Day	Test
3rd Oct  (Wed)	Test1
7th Nov (Wed)	Test2
5th Dec (Wed)	Test3

Grade Distribution:   

Items	% of final grade
Test1	25
Test2	25
Test3	25
Homework	20
Survey Report	5

Grading Policy:

    A - 90%, B  - 80%, C - 70%, D - 60%, F - less than 60%

General Policies:

• Homework’s should be submitted in the class itself.
• Late homework will not be accepted
• Academic dishonesty will be dealt as per the University policies.
• To be considered for grading student has to write at least 2 of 3 tests. If a student is absent for a valid reason (supported by documents) his/her score in that test is the average of the other two, otherwise it is zero.
• All announcements regarding the course will be put in the announcement section of the course homepage; students are requested to check it time to time.