CSCI2510 Computer Organization (Fall 2019)

Course Information

Lecture Time and Place	MON 12:30~14:15 (@ ERB 404) & TUE 12:30~13:15 (@ ERB 404)
Tutorial Time and Place	TUE 14:30~15:15 (@ LSB LT1)
Course Instructor / Office Hours	Prof. Ming-Chang YANG / TUE 15:30~17:30 @ SHB 906
Teaching Assistants / TA Hours	Yuhong LIANG / MON 15:30~17:30 @ SHB 101 Tsun-Yu YANG / THU 15:00~17:00 @ SHB TBD

Announcements

Dec. 7, 2019: The grades of assignment 1 & 2 and midterm have been uploaded to the blackboard system.
Nov. 13, 2019: CUHK Announces Ending of Term 1, 2019-20.
Nov. 11, 2019: CUHK announces cancellation of classes tomorrow (12 November).
Nov. 11, 2019: CUHK announces cancellation of classes today (11 November).
Oct. 15, 2019: Assignment 2 has been announced (deadline: Nov. 6, 2019 (TUE) 11:59pm).
Oct. 8, 2019: The Midterm Exam will be held on Oct. 29 (TUE) from 12:30pm to 13:15pm.
Sep. 24, 2019: Assignment 1 has been announced (deadline: Oct. 8, 2019 (TUE) 11:59pm).
Jul. 16, 2019: Course webpage is built up and the teaching schedule is online.

Class Learning and Assessment Arrangement for This Team (CSCI2510 Fall 2019)

Since all in-classroom instructions have been cancelled, the teaching and assessment plan will be adjusted for this term according to the university's guideline as follows:
First, there will be NO final exam and NO assignment 3. As a result, the points of the final exam and assignment 3 will be re-distributed to other assessment items. Please check the redistributed course assessment at the course website.

Second, the rest of the lecture and tutorial slides will be posted on the course website and CUHK blackboard system.

Textbook

[T] Computer Organization and Embedded Systems, 6th Ed., Hamacher, Vranesic, Zaky, and Manjikian, McGraw Hill, 2012. (amazon)

Lecture Notes and Tutorials

Week No.	Date	Lecture	Tutorial
Week 1	Sep. 2 (Mon)	Lecture 00: Course Information Lecture 01: Basic Structure of Computers	N/A
	Sep. 3 (Tue)	Lecture 01: Basic Structure of Computers	NO TUTORIAL Note: No tutorial will be held for the first week.
Week 2	Sep. 9 (Mon)	Lecture 01: Basic Structure of Computers Lecture 02: Number and Character Representation	N/A
	Sep. 10 (Tue)	Lecture 02: Number and Character Representation	Tutorial 01: Environment Setup for MASM
Week 3	Sep. 16 (Mon)	Lecture 02: Number and Character Representation Lecture 03: Memory Basics	N/A
	Sep. 17 (Tue)	Lecture 03: Memory Basics	Tutorial 02: MASM Basic Structs and Operations
Week 4	Sep. 23 (Mon)	Lecture 03: Memory Basics Lecture 04: Machine Instructions	N/A
	Sep. 24 (Tue)	Lecture 04: Machine Instructions	Tutorial 03: MASM Program Structure, Debugging, and Addressing Mode
Week 5	Sep. 30 (Mon)	Lecture 05: Program Execution	N/A
	Oct. 1 (Tue)	Public Holiday (NO CLASS) National Day	Public Holiday (NO TUTORIAL) National Day
Week 6	Oct. 7 (Mon)	Public Holiday (NO CLASS) Chung Yeung Festival	N/A
	Oct. 8 (Tue)	Lecture 05: Program Execution	Tutorial 04: Stack and Queue
Week 7	Oct. 14 (Mon)	Lecture 05: Program Execution Lecture 06: Memory Hierarchy	N/A
	Oct. 15 (Tue)	Lecture 06: Memory Hierarchy	Tutorial 05: Subroutine in MASM
Week 8	Oct. 21 (Mon)	Lecture 06: Memory Hierarchy Lecture 07: Cache in Action	N/A
	Oct. 22 (Tue)	Lecture 07: Cache in Action	Tutorial 06: Review for Midterm Exam
Week 9	Oct. 28 (Mon)	Lecture 07: Cache in Action	N/A
	Oct. 29 (Tue)	Midterm Exam Time: 12:30pm to 13:15pm Place: ERB404 Scope: Lec01~Lec05 & Tut01~Tut06 & HW01~HW02	Tutorial 07: Advanced Instructions in MASM
Week 10	Nov. 4 (Mon)	Lecture 07: Cache in Action Lecture 08: Cache Performance	N/A
	Nov. 5 (Tue)	Lecture 08: Cache Performance Lecture 09: Virtual Memory	Tutorial 08: Associative Mapping in MASM
Week 11	Nov. 11 (Mon)	CUHK announces cancellation of classes today (11 November).	N/A
	Nov. 12 (Tue)	CUHK announces cancellation of classes tomorrow (12 November).	CUHK announces cancellation of classes tomorrow (12 November).
Self-learning Materials		Lecture 10: Basic Processing Unit Lecture 11: Control Unit and Instruction Encoding Lecture 12: Pipelining Lecture 13: Basic Input and Output	Tutorial 09: Direct Mapping in MASM Tutorial 10: Direct Mapping vs. Associative Mapping