18-447: Introduction to Computer Architecture, Spring 2008

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A Short Intro to Synopsys Design Compiler

A Short Intro to ModelSim Verilog Simulator

Course Description

Computer architecture is the science and art of selecting and interconnecting hardware components to create a computer that meets functional, performance and cost goals. This course introduces the basic principles and hardware structures of a modern programmable computer. We will learn, for example, how to design the control and datapath for a pipelined RISC processor and how to design fast memory and storage systems. The principles presented in lecture are reinforced in the laboratory through design and simulation of a register transfer (RT) implementation of a RISC processor pipeline in Verilog.

Prerequisites: 18-240 and 15-213.

Staff

	Name	Office	Tele	Email
Instructor	James C. Hoe	HH-A304	8-4259	jhoe+447 AT ece_cmu_edu
TAs	Yongjun Jeon Tze Chang Ng Eriko Nurvitadhi			yongjunj+447 AT ece_cmu_edu tcng+447 AT ece_cmu_edu enurvita+447 AT ece_cmu_edu
Admin	Matt Koeske	HH-A302	8-7293	koeske+447 AT ece_cmu_edu

Meetings

· Lecture: MW, 2:30 - 4:20, DH-A310

· Lab Section A: T, 6:30 – 8:20, HH 1107

· Lab Section B: R, 6:30 – 8:20, HH 1107

Textbooks

· Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface, Third Edition by Patterson and Hennessy, Morgan Kaufmann/Elsvier. (Required)

· Also useful, textbooks from 18-240 and 15-213

Office Hours

· James Hoe, MW 4:30-5:30pm, HH-A304

Additional office hours available by appointment

· Yongjun Jeon, Th 5:30-6:30, HH 1107

· Tze Chang Ng, Tu 5:30-6:30, HH 1107

· Eriko Nurvitadhi, F 11am-12pm, HH-A314

Fun Links

· Blackboard

· CS 15-213 Introduction to Computer Systems

· ECE 18-240 Fundamentals of Computer Engineering

· ECE 18-447 Introduction to Computer Architecture (Spring 2006 archive)

· ECE 18-741 Advanced Computer Architecture

· ECE 18-742 Parallel Computer Architecture

· Computer Architecture Lab at Carnegie Mellon (CALCM)

· CPU Information Center

· WWW Computer Architecture

· History of Computing (Computer History Museum)

· Microprocessor Lineage (Computer History Museum)

· OpenCores (repository of GPL hardware IPs)

· Leon3 SPARC core (VHDL)

· OpenSPARC (open-sourced SPARC T1 and T2 Verilog RTL and more)