Cs 445 Real-Time Systems

CS 341: Computer Architecture and Organization

Spring 2018

Lectures by Dr. Ronald Cheung

Course web-site: www.cs.umb.edu/~cheungr/cs341

Lectures: Tue/Thu 7:00 - 8:15 pm, W-1-004

Labs: Tue/Thu 5:30 - 6:45pm, 8:30 - 9:45pm, S-3-028

Office Hours: Wed/Thu 4:00 - 5:30 pm, S-3-073

Telephone: 617- 287 6483 during office hours

Student Outcomes:

Students successfully completing this course will:

1. Understand enough about the Intel processor architecture and instruction set to write a simple C library function in I-386 assembly language; (ABET: 1a,1c,1e)
2. Be able to produce an optimized gate level hardware logic schematic from a truth table and/or a Boolean algebra expression with as many as 4 inputs including "don't care" combinations; (ABET: 1a, 2a)

Books:

·  Professional Assembly Language, Richard Blum, Wrox/Wiley, ISBN 978-0-7645-7901-1,Author's errata

·  Digital Principles, 3rd Ed., Roger Tokheim, McGraw Hill

·  Excerpts from The Personal Computer from the Inside Out, Sargent and Shoemaker available at
http://www.cs.umb.edu/~bobw/CS341/SandSExcerpts/SandS.pdf

Attendance:

I’ll take attendance before the Add/Drop deadline. This allows me to establish a true class list and get to know you a little better. After the deadline, I’ll not take attendance. If you miss a class, it is your responsibility to find out what has been covered.

Grading:

Grades are determined based on Arduino lab assignments (20%), SAPC machine projects (30%) and in-class examinations (50%). There will be 10 lab assignments on programming the Arduino hardware. Each lab assignment is expected to be finished at the end of the lab session and turned in the write-up at the next one. There will be 5 machine projects that students do remotely. These will be C and/or assembly language projects using the SAPC virtual machines (tutor VM). They will be assigned 1 to 2 weeks before they are due. No late machine projects will be accepted after posting of their solutions.

There will be 3 in-class exams (Exam I, Exam II and Final exam). I will take the results from the best two. Exam scores will be scaled up if the class average is below a C-. Students will get an F for the course if they miss any 2 exams.

Letter grades for the course will be determined according to the following:

I do not give Incompletes. If you have a serious issue, please come in and see me.

Student Conduct:

Students are required to adhere to the University Policy on Academic Standards and Cheating, to the University Statement on Plagiarism and the Documentation of Written Work, and to the Code of Student Conduct which is available online at: http://www.umb.edu/life_on_campus/policies/community/code.

Accommodations for Disabilities:

Section 504 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 offers guidelines for curriculum modifications and adaptations for students with documented disabilities. If applicable, students may obtain adaptation recommendations from the Ross Center for Disability Services, M-1-401, (617-287-7430). The student must present these recommendations and discuss them with each professor within a reasonable period, preferably by the end of Drop/Add period.