Electrical Engineering Department
Faculty of Engineering
Alexandria University
CC 322: Computer Architectures
Lecturer: Dr. Mohammed Morsy Farag
Overview
This course introduces basics and fundamentals of the general purpose computer architecture. Course objectives include:
- Get familarize with MIPS Instruction Set Architecture
- Study MIPS Microarchitecture and architectural variations
- Study memory and I/O System for general purpose processors
- Learn Hardware Description Languages to describe the computer architecture
Teaching Load (Spring 2016):
- Lectures (2 hours), Tutorials (2 hours), Lab (1 hour)
- Office Hours: Saturday from 10:30AM to 12:00PM.
- Teaching Assistants:
Course work and assesment (out of 100) are as follows:
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Attendance: 10 marks
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5 Labs: Using HDL to design a simplified processor
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Lab work: 10 marks
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A Project: Design and testing of a simplified MIPS processor (10 marks)
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A Midterm exam: 20 marks
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A Final Exam: 50 marks
CAD Tools to be used are:
- Xilinx ISE: http://xilinx.com/
- Active HDL Student Edition https://www.aldec.com/en/products/fpga_simulation/active_hdl_student
- Modelsim Student Edition https://www.mentor.com/company/higher_ed/modelsim-student-edition
Course Outline
- MIPS Instruction Set Architecture
- MIPS Micro-Architecture
- Memory and I/O System
- Hardware Description Language
Resources
- Textbook:
- “Digital Design and Computer Architecture”, David Harris, Sarah Harris, 2nd Edition
- Supplementary References:
- “Computer Organization and Design”, David Patterson, John Hennessy, 4th Edition
Course Materials (2016)
Lectures
| Lecture 1 | Syllabus and Introcuction | [PDF] |
| Lecture 2, 3, 4 | MIPS Instruction Set Architecture | [PDF] |
| Lecture 5, 6, 7 | Hardware Description Languages | [PDF] [PDF] |
| Lecture 8, 9, 10 | MIPS Microarchitecture | [PDF] |
| Lecture 11, 12 | Memory and I/O Systems | [PDF] |
Sheets
| Sheet 1 | MIPS Instruction Set Architecture | [PDF] |
| Sheet 2 | MIPS Micro Architecture | [PDF] |
| Sheet 3 | Memory and I/O Subsystems | [PDF] |
Previous Exams
| Mid-term Exams | 2016 |
| Final Exams | 2016 |
Announcements
- 23/5/2016: Please use the following form to submit your main project. The submission deadline is Thursday 16/6/2016 11:59 PM, late submissions will not be rewared.
- 4/5/2016: Midterm results [PDF].
- 13/4/2016:
- The lab assignment submission
deadlines:
- Lab1 (32-Bit ALU and Testbench): 19/4/2016.
- Lab2 (Single Cycle MIPS Processor): 3/5/2016.
- Lab3 (Multicycle MIPS Processor Part I): 17/5/2016.
- Lab assignments are submitted to the course TA in the class or by email by the deadline.
- The lab assignment submission
deadlines:
- 13/4/2016:
- For both projects you are requirred to submit a report summarizing your work and the project source files compressed in a zipped file to the course TAs by the deadline.
- The course started on Monday 15/2/2016.