Meeting
Time/Place: MF 3-3:50PM, Fitzelle
246
W
3-4:40PM, Fitzelle 254
Prerequisites: CSCI 116
Office: Fitzelle Hall 231
Phone: 436-3439
Email: allisodl(at)oneonta.edu
Office Hours: MF 4pm, MWF 5pm
Others
by appointment (or just drop by)
Course Description (from the online catalog):
Logic design of combinational and sequential
digital circuits, the components of a digital computer system and the
interconnection thereof, the coding and transfer of information in a digital
computer system, and a laboratory on logic design and the use of a
microcomputer trainer.
Course Description (the inside scoop):
This course will examine the design of
computers, starting with simple transistors and gates, and working up to high
level system design issues.
Course Goals:
Most
computer science courses assume that the hardware is a given and of interest
only as a means for actually executing the algorithms
studied theoretically in the courses. This
course actually investigates the hardware substrate that all algorithms run on, and examines the various possible designs for it and
their resulting impact on programs and their execution.
Text and Software:
The textbook is Digital Design and Computer Architecture: ARM Edition by Harris & Harris, 1st edition, published by Morgan Kaufmann, ISBN-13 978-0128000564. We will be using the software package LogicWorks (available in the Math/CS/Stat lab) to do circuit design and simulation, and will be wiring circuits using chips and hardware also available in the Math/CS/Stat lab. If you want to do your circuit simulations at home, LogicWorks is available from Addison-Wesley at a reasonable price. We will be using Verilog to design and specify circuits and their behaviors, and then an Altera FPGA to implement those designs. Our text also makes use of PCSPIM, a MIPS simulator, Xilinx WebPACK, and Synplify Pro, which we will try to have in the Math/CS/Stat lab.
Tentative
Schedule:
|
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Jan 13-17 |
National Rubber Duckie Day |
Last day to register Dress Up Your Pet Day |
Classes
begin Add/drop begins National Hat Day |
National Nothing Day |
Ditch New Year’s Resolutions Day From Zero to One: read chapter 1 |
Jan 20-24 |
Penguin Awareness Day |
Add/drop ends Squirrel Appreciation Day |
National Blonde Brownie Day |
National Pie Day |
Beer Can Appreciation Day Combinational Logic: read chapter 2 |
Jan 27-31 |
Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day |
Last day to add National Kazoo Day Data Privacy Day |
National Puzzle Day |
National Inane Answering Message Day |
Backward Day |
Feb 3-7 |
The Day the Music Died |
Create a Vacuum Day |
National Weatherman’s Day |
Lame Duck Day |
Wave All Your Fingers at Your Neighbor Day Sequential Logic: read chapter 3 |
Feb 10-14 |
Clean Out Your Computer Day |
National Inventor Day Make a Friend Day |
TAP certification begins National Lost Penny Day |
Get a Different Name Day |
Valentine’s Day National Organ Donor Day Digital Building Blocks: read chapter 5 |
Feb 17-21 |
Random Acts of Kindness Day |
National Battery Day |
National Chocolate Mint Day |
Love Your Pet Day Hoodie Hoo Day Cherry Pie Day |
Card Reading Day Hardware Description Languages: read chapter 4 |
Feb
24-28 |
Diploma application due National Tortilla Chip Day |
Mardi Gras |
Ash Wednesday |
No Brainer Day |
Public Sleeping Day |
Mar 2-6 |
Summer registration begins Old Stuff Day |
If Pets Had Thumbs Day |
Hug a GI Day |
Interim progress reports due from faculty Multiple Personality Day |
College closes after last class National Frozen Food Day World Day of Prayer |
Mar 9-13 |
BREAK Panic Day Daylight Saving Time Started Yesterday…Did you set
Your Clock Forward? |
BREAK Middle Name Pride Day Purim |
BREAK Johnny Appleseed Day Worship of Tools Day |
BREAK Popcorn Lovers Day |
BREAK Blame Someone Else Day |
Mar 16-20 |
Classes resume Everything You Do Is Right Day |
Corned Beef & Cabbage Day St Patrick’s Day |
Supreme Sacrifice Day |
Poultry Day |
Last day to drop ET Abductions Day Spring Equinox Architecture: read chapter 6 |
Mar 23-27 |
National Puppy Day National Melba Toast Day |
National Chocolate Covered Raisin Day |
Feast of Annunciation Day Waffle Day |
Make Up Your Own Holiday Day |
National “Joe” Day Microarchitecture: read chapter 7 |
Mar 30-Apr 3 |
Fall registration begins Take a Walk in the Park Day |
Bunsen Burner Day National Crayon Day |
April Fool’s Day International Fun at Work Day |
National PeanutButter &
Jelly Day |
Don’t Go to Work Unless It’s Fun Day Memory Systems: read chapter 8 |
Apr 6-10 |
Last day to make up an incomplete New Beer’s Eve |
No Housework Day World Health Day |
Passover begins at Sundown Z |
Name Yourself Day |
Good Friday National Siblings Day |
Apr 13-17 |
Dyngus
DayNational Peach Cobbler Day |
International Moment of Laughter Day |
Income Taxes Due That Sucks Day oo
Lover’s Day |
Last day to withdraw Passover ends National Bean Counter Day |
Bat Appreciation Day National Cheeseball Day I/O Systems: read chapter 9 |
Apr 20-24 |
Last day for faculty to turn in incomplete updates Volunteer Recognition Day |
Kindergarten Day |
Administrative Professionals’ Day |
Ramadan National Zucchini Bread Day Take Your Daughter to Work Day |
Arbor Day |
Apr 27-May 1 |
National Prime Rib Day Morse Code Day |
Last day of class International Astronomy Day |
STUDY DAY National Shrimp Scampi Day National Zipper Day |
Exams start (8:30 TR) 8-10:30am (11:30TR) 11am-1:30pm (2:30TR) 2-4:30pm National Honesty Day |
(8 MWF) 8-10:30am (11 MWF) 11am-1:30pm (2MWF) 2-4:30pm CSCI 272 International Tuba Day |
May 4-8 |
(9 MWF) 8-10:30am (12 MWF) 11am – 1:30pm CSCI 100 (3 MWF) 2-4:30pm CSCI 232 National Candied Orange Peel Day |
(10 TR) 8-10:30am (1 TR) 11am-1:30pm (4 TR) 2-4:30pm Cinco de Mayo National Teacher’s Day |
(10 MWF) 8-10:30am (1 MWF) 11am-1:30pm CSCI 310 (4MW) 2-4:30pm Exams End No Diet Day Beverage Day |
National Tourism Day |
No Socks Day V-E Day World Red Cross Day |
https://suny.oneonta.edu/academics/college-calendar/spring-key-dates-deadlines
http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/
Attendance
Policy:
Attendance
is STRONGLY encouraged.
Attendance will be taken at random class meetings. All college policies regarding attendance
will be followed. You will be
responsible for material covered in the lectures in addition to the material in
the text. In addition, we will be
discussing the assignments in class as well as answering questions about the
assigned material, so it is in your best interest to attend class as much as
possible.
Collaboration
Policy:
Cheating
or other academic dishonesty hurts others as well as yourself and will not be
tolerated! Since we have a limited
number of Cadet trainers and Altera boards, labs will be done in teams of
2. All work submitted on the exams
should be yours and yours alone. It IS
acceptable to discuss the labs, homework, etc, among
yourselves, AS LONG AS any homework or code you turn in you have written
yourself! You should also be able to
answer any questions I have about your work—in other words, you should be able
to explain the hardware designs you are using if I ask. Plagiarism can get you in trouble in the
“real world”, and it will get you in trouble in this class. You should credit any code or designs that
you did not create yourself, and you should provide references to algorithms
and data structures you use.
Programming
Style Guidelines:
Since
this is an upper division course, it is expected that any programs you write
will follow good programming style conventions.
You should indent any code to reflect its internal structure. You should use block comments to explain what
your code is doing at a high level. Each
function should have a header that gives the function name, the inputs, the
output(s), and lists any side effects, as well as providing a two or three
sentence summary of what the function does.
In addition, your main file should have a block header similar to the following:
// CSCI 232
Computer Architecture Spring 2019
// Routines to
simulate the COSMAC 1802 processor
// Author: Joe
Student
// Date: 15 April
2019
//
// These routines
handle the basic instructions of the
// COSMAC 1802
processor
Your
header should include the course name and number, your name, the date, and a
two or three sentence description of the purpose and function of the code. You should also put header information in
your LogicWorks schematics, and your Verilog
code. In LogicWorks
and Verilog, you should have a block that lists the project number, name, and
the names of everyone in your group.
Lab Report
Guidelines:
For
each of your Cadet labs you should first develop your circuit using LogicWorks. After
verifying functionality, you should then build your circuit on the Cadet
trainer. DOUBLE CHECK your wiring BEFORE
applying any power!!! IC’s quit working
once you let the smoke out…. You should
demonstrate to me that your circuit works as specified, and
should turn in your drawings in LogicWorks. For each schematic, you should add a box
including your name, the date, the lab number, and the course. For your Verilog projects, you should print
out and turn in your code, and demonstrate it to me on an Altera board. Be sure to include your name(s) in the
comments of your code listings.
Assignment
Turn-in Procedure:
Labs
are due by next week’s lab. You should
turn in your LogicWorks drawings and simulations and
your Verilog code, and should demonstrate to me that your design does what was
assigned, all by the start of the next lab.
Email:
Any
time you need to communicate with me about the course via email, you MUST put
“CSCI 232” in the subject line. Otherwise
it will get lost and I won’t see it.
Grading and Other Administrivia:
Exams: There will be a two midterms and a final experience. Each exam will contribute 25% while the final
experience will contribute 5% towards the final grade.
Labs: There will be some
number of labs up to 14, plus some number of homework assignments. These will constitute 50% of your grade.
Grade
Computation:
|
Weight |
Tentative Date |
Midterm Exam 1 |
25% |
28 February |
Midterm Exam 2 |
25% |
10 April |
Final Exam |
5% |
4 May, 2-4:30 pm |
Labs, Homework, etc |
50% |
As shown |
Total |
105%/100% |
|
Make-up Test and Late Assignment Policy:
Late
assignments will be assessed a 50% penalty for the first week they are late, and will not be accepted after that. Assignments are considered due by 11:59PM on
their due date. All assignments must be
turned in by the last day of classes even if that cuts short the second week
for them to count toward the course grade.
You should plan to be present for all the tests and the final exam. Any makeups will be allowed only for legitimate,
school-approved excuses, and should be arranged with the instructor as soon as
possible after you discover you can’t attend the exam (before the exam is given
whenever possible). In any case, all
work must be completed by the last class, including any makeup exams. Exams missed for unexcused absences, or exams
not made up by the last day of classes will be recorded as a zero grade.
Labs
are due by the next lab period. For labs
in which you are to demonstrate your circuits to me, you should do that by the
day of the next lab to avoid a late penalty.
Additional resources:
For
students wishing to explore further or to find answers to questions not covered
in the text, there are several resources available. The following books are worth investigating,
among others:
Computer
Architecture: A Quantitative Approach, Hennessy & Patterson
Computer
Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface, Patterson &
Hennessy
Additional unique
aspects of the course:
This
course actually lets you get your hands on computer
hardware and to build simple circuits that are used in actual computers. This hands on
experience helps solidify the theoretical material discussed in the lectures.
Emergency
Evacuation:
The Evacuation Assembly Area for
this course is 50 feet from the building. In case a prolonged building
evacuation is required, you will be directed to the building Evacuation
Site. The Evacuation Site
for this class is the IRC Lobby. In any
case, if a building evacuation occurs, stay together as a class so that we can
determine that everyone has made it safely from the building. Evacuation is to occur any time the
fire alarm sounds, an evacuation announcement is made, or a university official
orders you to evacuate the building. After
the building has been evacuated, it is not to be re-entered until University
Police gives permission. For more
information, consult http://www.oneonta.edu/security/documents/EmergencyEvacuationProcedures.pdf.
Required ADA
Statement:
Students Diagnosed with
a Disability—All individuals who are diagnosed with a disability are protected
under the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. As such, you may be entitled to certain
accommodations within this class. If you are diagnosed with a disability,
please make an appointment to meet with Accessibility Resources, 133 Milne
Library, ext. 2137. All students with the necessary supporting documentation
will be provided appropriate accommodations as determined by the Accessibility
Resources Office. It is your responsibility to contact Accessibility Resources
and concurrently supply me with your accommodation plan, which will inform me
exactly what accommodations you are entitled to. You will only receive
accommodations once you provide me with an Accessibility Resources
accommodation plan. Any previously recorded grades will not be changed.
(Note: I have had cases
where SDS told me they were no longer going to provide services that a student
was entitled to, so be proactive and get all the paperwork done ASAP so that we
can fight for your accommodations if we need to.)