Download Computer-Systems-Organization-Course-Description ... and more Lecture notes Computer Architecture and Organization in PDF only on Docsity! 1 | P a g e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT COURANT INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES COMPUTER SYSTEMS ORGANIZATION Spring 2022 – Pr. Jean-Claude FRANCHITTI (CSCI-UA.0201-007 – Mon & Wed 3:30 - 4:45 pm) COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course covers the internal structure of computers, machine (assembly) language programming, and the use of pointers in high-level languages. Topics include the logical design of computers, computer architecture, the internal representation of data, instruction sets, and addressing logic, as well as pointers, structures, and other features of high-level languages that relate to assembly language. Programming assignments will be both in assembly language and other languages. After this course, you should be able to understand what happens under the hood when your computer executes programs. You will be able to visualize the big picture that shows how software and hardware interact. REQUIRED TEXTBOOK Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective By Randal Bryant and David O'Hallaron Pearson; ISBN-10: 013409266X; ISBN-13: 978-0134092669 3rd Edition (03/15) RECOMMENDED TEXTBOOKS The following book is not required but recommended to learn C programming: The C programming language By Brian W Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie Prentice Hall; ISBN-10: 0131103628; ISBN-13: 978-01311103627 2nd Edition (04/88) PREREQUISITES Students enrolling in this course are expected to have taken CSCI-UA.102 (i.e., Data Structures) and passed the course with a grade of C or better. You are expected to know and remember the material from CSCI.UA.0101 and CSCI.UA.0102 courses. COURSE TOPICS The following topics are covered in this course: 1. C PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE 2 | P a g e • Procedural way of thinking • Data structure and control • Bitwise operations • Pointers • Data Presentation • Signed and unsigned numbers • Two’s complement • Addition/subtraction of signed and unsigned numbers • IEEE 754 floating point presentation READINGS: Selected readings assigned in class Handouts posted on the course Web site 2. x86_64 ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE • Do you really need to learn assembly? • CISC vs, RISC philosophy • Evolution of processors from 8-bit to 64-bit • Data movement • Arithmetic/logic instructions • Control instructions • From C to assembly READINGS: Selected readings assigned in class Handouts posted on the course Web site 3. LINKING • The big picture from compilation to execution READINGS: Selected readings assigned in class Handouts posted on the course Web site 4. ARCHITECTURE • How do microprocessors work? READINGS: Selected readings assigned in class Handouts posted on the course Web site 5. MEMORY SYSTEM • A quick glimpse on Virtual Memory • SRAM vs DRAM technologies • The concept of caching • Cache hierarchy • How to write cache friendly programs?
