July 2015 CSE305: Computer Architecture

Weekly outline

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  General

  • News forum
  • Syllabus for the first part of the course File

    It was supposed to be prepared and uploaded much earlier, sorry for the delay. Hope it helps, Best of luck for the remaining exams, :-)
    

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  29 August - 4 September

  • Introduction to Computer Architecture File

    Lecture Date: 30/8/2015

    Topics Covered: Welcome to computer architecture, some great ideas in computer architecture.

  • Computer Organization, the BIG picture File

    Topics Covered: what really is happening below our program, organization of a computer, the big picture, technologies for building processors and memory

  • Measuring Computer Performance File

    Lecture Date: 2/9/2015

    Topics Covered: Different metrics for computer performance measurement (Execution time, throughput), relative performance, and related examples.
    

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  5 September - 11 September

  • Measuring Computer Performance Contd. File

    Lecture Date: 6/9/2015

    Topics Covered: CPU clocking and clock rate, Instruction count, Clock cycle per instruction, The classic CPU performance equation.
  • Concluding Remarks of Chapter One, Introduction to Computer Architecture File

    Lecture Date: 7/9/2015

    Topics Covered: The power wall, The switch from uniprocessors to multiprocessors, Benchmarking the intel core i7, Fallacies and Pitfalls.
    
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  12 September - 18 September
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  19 September - 25 September
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  26 September - 2 October

  • Chapter Two Representing Instructions File
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  3 October - 9 October

  • Chapter Two Branching File
  • Chapter Two Procedure Calling File
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  10 October - 16 October

  • Chapter 2 Synchronization File
  • Concluding Remarks of Chapter Two File

    Lecture Date: 14/10/2015

    Topics Covered: Concluding Remarks of Chapter Two
    
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  17 October - 23 October
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  24 October - 30 October

  • Chapter Three Introduction File
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  31 October - 6 November

  • Introduction to Chapter 4 File

    Lecture Date: 4/11/2015

    Topics Covered: Processor Architecture, Introduction to Data Path
    
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  7 November - 13 November

  • Data Path and Control Unit File

    Lecture Date: 8/11/2015

    Topics Covered: The Full Data Path, Control Unit Design.
    
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  14 November - 20 November
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  21 November - 27 November
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  28 November - 4 December
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  5 December - 11 December
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  12 December - 18 December
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  19 December - 25 December
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  Continuous Evaluation

  • All evaluation of the first part of this course URL

    Please contact me at takhandipu AT gmail DOT COM if you have any query about class test marks and attendance counts.
    

  • Class Test One Question File
  • Class Test Two Question File
  • Class Test Three Question File
  • Total Continuous Assessment File