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    CMSC 311-101 (Fall 1995)

    Professor: TA:
    Dr. Jeff Hollingsworth Shekhar Patankar
    4161 AV Williams 1109 A V Williams
    (40) 5-2708
    [email protected] [email protected]
    Office Hours: Office Hours:
    Tu 1:00-2:30
    W 10:00-11:00

    Class URL: http://www.cs.umd.edu/~hollings/cs311/f95/


    You are expected to check the class web page on a regular basis (at least weekly).

    Catalog Description:
    Introduction to assembly language. Design of digital logic circuits. Organization of central processors,
    including instruction sets, register transfer operations, control, microprogramming data representation,
    and arithmetic algorithms. Memory and input/output organization.

    Objective:
    An in-depth understanding of how a stored-program computer works and how it executes a machine-
    specific language. An understanding of the design tradeoffs faced by computer architects and engineers.

    Prerequisites: CMSC 113

    Topics Covered:
    • Boolean Algebra, Logic Gates, Flip-Flops (2 weeks)
    • Computer Elements (combinatorial and sequential circuits and memories) (2 weeks)
    • Internal Code and Data Representation (2 weeks)
    • Register Transfer Language (2 weeks)
    • Organization and Simulation of a Stored-Program Computer (2 weeks)
    • Assemblers and Writing an Assembly Language Program (4 weeks)

    Required Course Text:


    Computer System Architecture, (Third Edition), M. Morris Mano, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1993.

    Computer Organization and Design the Hardware/Software Interface, D.Patterson and J. Hennessy,
    Morgan Kaufman Publishers, 1994. (recommended)

    Grading:
    Final Exam 40%
    Midterms (2) 30%
    Programming Assignments (1) 15%
    Homework (7) 15%

    Exams:
    Midterm #1 - October 12 (in class)
    Midterm #2 - November 9 (In class)
    Final - Fri. December 15 (8:00-10:00)

    Late Policy:
    Homework and programming assignments must be turned in when due. Late work will only be accepted
    in the case of serious illness or family crisis (i.e., death in the family).

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