EECE 438 - Design of Computers - Fall 1996

Instructor:	L. H. Pollard	Email:	pollard@eece.unm.edu
Office:	EECE 224C	Office Hrs:	Mon. & Wed. 10 AM - Noon
Phone:	277-5982		(Other times by appointment)

Textbook: L. H. Pollard, Computer Design and Architecture, Prentice Hall, 1990.

Computer information: will need account on departmental systems; software to run includes the Powerview suite and the Altera system, plus whatever document preparation software you enjoy.

Topics:

• Design Methodologies, levels of design
  • Design Approaches, Techniques
• Information Representation
  • Integer number systems
  • Floating point number systems
  • Coding of information
• Arithmetic Processing
  • Addition
  • Multiplication/Division
  • Floating point manipulations
• Instruction Sets
  • characteristics of machines
  • 0, 1, 2, 3 address instructions
  • operand access
  • addressing modes and implementations
• Sequential Control System Design
  • Hardwired Techniques
  • Microprogrammed Techniques
• I/O Methods
  • Programmed I/O
  • Interrupt driven I/O
  • DMA Systems
• Memory Organization
  • Basic Techniques
  • Virtual Memory Techniques
  • High Speed Techniques
• Additional Topics
  • Interconnection Schemes
  • Testing

Required work: There will be three design assignments which will form all of the homework for the class. The design assignments are non-trivial; plan to spend time on them.

Grading:

Homework:	20 %
Mid Term Exams:	25 %
Semester Project:	35 %
Final Exam:	20 %

Additional Readings:

• Fletcher, W. I., An Engineering Approach to Digital Design, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1980.
• M. M. Mano: Digital Logic and Computer Design. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1979.
• D. P. Siewiorek, C. G. Bell, and A. Newell: Computer Structures: Principles and Examples. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1982.
• E. E. Swartzlander, Jr.: Computer Design Development, Principal Papers. Rochelle Park, NJ: Hayden Book Company, 1976.
• J. P. Hayes: Computer Architecture and Organization, 2nd Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1988.
• L. H. Pollard: The Design Book: Techniques and Solutions for Digital Computer Systems. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1990.