ECE 472/572 Computer Architechture

Lecture Notes

Chapter1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Instructions: Language of the Computer
Chapter 3 Lecture Notes Class Notes
Chapter 4 Lecture Notes
Chapter 5 Datapath and Control
Chapter 6 Lecture Notes
Chapter 7 Lecture Notes Lecture Notes2 Class Notes

Home Works

Home Work 1: Due on Thursday 10/05/06

Question: Write a short summary (history, key features, etc) for the specified ISA (no more than 1 page).

1) SPARC: if your last name starts with A, B,......., or E;
2) PowerPC: if your last name starts with H, I, ...., or M;
3) ARM: if your last name starts with N,O .........., or R;
4) Motorola 68K: if your last name starts with S, ...,or Z

Solution 1: SPARC; PowerPC; ARM; Motorola 68K

Home Work 2: Due on Thursday 10/19/06

Chapter 2: Question # 2.6, 2.15, 2.30, 2.34

Bonus points for doing Simulations

Solution 2

Home Work 3: Due on Thursday 10/26/06

1) Please convert -1769.4362 into a 2' complement binary number. Please keep
no more than 10 binary bits in the fractional part. Rounding operation
may be employed.
2) 3.9,
3) 3.10
4) 3.42
5) 3.43.

Solution 3

Home Work 4: Due on Friday 11/3/06

Chap-4: 8, 10, 45, 46.

Solution 4

Home Work 5: Due on Wednesday 11/22/06 by 5pm

Chapter 5: 5.8, 5.9, 5.10, 5.11

Solution 5

Home Work 6: Due on Tuesday 11/28/06 in class

Chapter 6: 6.3, 6.4, 6.17, 6.22

Solution 6

Home Work 7

Chapter 7: 7.29, 7.32, 7.33