CSCI2510 Computer Organization (2023-24 Term 1)

Course Information

Lecture Time and Place	MON 12:30~13:15 (@ YIA LT7) TUE 12:30~13:15 (@ LSB LT2)
Tutorial Time and Place	TUE 14:30~15:15 (@ LSK LT4)
Course Instructor / Office Hours	Prof. Ming-Chang YANG / TUE 13:30~14:30 (@ SHB 906)
Teaching Assistants / TA Hours	Xiangjun PENG / THU 15:00~16:00 @ SHB 921 Yizou CHEN / MON 15:00~16:00 @ SHB 921 Zhisheng HU / WED 15:00~16:00 @ SHB 921

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Lecture Notes and Tutorials

Week No.	Date	Lecture	Tutorial
Week 1	Sep. 4 (Mon)	Lecture 00: Course Information Lecture 01: Basics of Computers Inauguration Ceremony for Undergraduates Note: Full-time undergraduate classes are suspended in the morning until 1:30 pm.	N/A
	Sep. 5 (Tue)	Lecture 01: Basics of Computers (Cont'd)	Tutorial 01: RISC-V Environment Setup
Week 2	Sep. 11 (Mon)	Lecture 02: Number and Character Representation	N/A
	Sep. 12(Tue)	Lecture 02: Number and Character Representation (Cont'd)	Tutorial 02: RISC-V Basics
Week 3	Sep. 18 (Mon)	Lecture 02: Number and Character Representation (Cont'd) Lecture 03: Memory Basics	N/A
	Sep. 19 (Tue)	Lecture 03: Memory Basics (Cont'd)	Tutorial 03: Spike Simulator Debug
Week 4	Sep. 25 (Mon)	Lecture 03: Memory Basics (Cont'd) Lecture 04: Machine Instructions	N/A
	Sep. 26 (Tue)	Lecture 04: Machine Instructions (Cont'd)	Lecture 04: Machine Instructions (Cont'd) Note: The tutorial session on Sep. 26 will be swapped with the lecture session on Oct. 3.
Week 5	Oct. 2 (Mon)	Public Holiday (NO CLASS) Chung Yeung Festival	N/A
	Oct. 3 (Tue)	Tutorial 04: RISC-V Addressing Modes and Branch Instructions	Tutorial 04: RISC-V Addressing Modes and Branch Instructions (Cont'd) Assignment 1
Week 6	Oct. 9 (Mon)	Class Suspention due to T8 Signal (NO CLASS)	N/A
	Oct. 10 (Tue)	Lecture 04: Machine Instructions (Cont'd) Lecture 05: Program Execution	Tutorial 05: Generating an Executable Program in RISC-V
Week 7	Oct. 16 (Mon)	Lecture 05: Program Execution (Cont'd)	N/A
	Oct. 17 (Tue)	Lecture 05: Program Execution (Cont'd)	Tutorial 06: Subroutine and Processor Stack in RISC-V
Week 8	Oct. 23 (Mon)	Public Holiday (NO CLASS) The day following National Day	N/A
	Oct. 24 (Tue)	Lecture 05: Program Execution (Cont'd)	Tutorial 07: RISC-V Calling Convention Assignment 2
Week 9	Oct. 30 (Mon)	Lecture 05: Program Execution (Cont'd) Lecture 06: Memory Hierarchy	N/A
	Oct. 31 (Tue)	Lecture 06: Memory Hierarchy (Cont'd) Lecture 07: Cache in Action	Lecture 07: Cache in Action (Cont'd) Note: The tutorial session on Oct. 31 will be used for lecturing.
Week 10	Nov. 6 (Mon)	Lecture 07: Cache in Action (Cont'd)	N/A
	Nov. 7 (Tue)	Lecture 07: Cache in Action (Cont'd)	Tutorial 08: Cache in RISC-V
Week 11	Nov. 13 (Mon)	Lecture 07: Cache in Action (Rev) (Cont'd) Lecture 08: Memory Performance	N/A
	Nov. 14 (Tue)	Lecture 08: Memory Performance (Cont'd)	Tutorial 09: Cache Optimization Methods
Week 12	Nov. 20 (Mon)	Lecture 08: Memory Performance (Cont'd) Lecture 09: Basic Processing Unit	N/A
	Nov. 21 (Tue)	Lecture 09: Basic Processing Unit (Cont'd)	Tutorial 10: Optimizing Matrix Multiplication Assignment 3 (Bonus)
Week 13	Nov. 27 (Mon)	Lecture 09: Basic Processing Unit (Cont'd) Lecture 10: Pipelining	N/A
	Nov. 28 (Tue)	Lecture 10: Pipelining (Cont'd)	Lecture 10: Pipelining (Cont'd) Note: The tutorial session on Nov. 28 will be used for lecturing if needed.
Centralized Final Exam	Dec. 12 (Tue)	Time: 9:30am to 11:30am Venue: Indoor Multi-purpose Sports Hall, Shaw College Coverage: Lec01 ~ Lec10 (excluding "Supplementary"), Tut01 ~ Tut10, and Asgmt01 ~ Asgmt03	Note 1: It will be a closed-book exam. Note 2: One single-page, two-side, and A4-sized cheat sheet is allowed. Note 3: HKEAA approved calculators are allowed (list).

Textbook

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