Overview
Lecture location: Hudson 208
Lecture time: MW, 4:40PM - 5:55PM
Instructor: Dr. Tyler Bletsch
Email: Tyler.Bletsch AT duke.edu
Office Hours: Mon/Wed, 1:30pm-3pm in Hudson 106
Recitation location: Fitzpatrick Schiciano A 1464
Recitation time: Th, 3:05PM - 4:20PM
Teaching Assistants:
- Peter Murphy (recitation lead) - peter.murphy2 AT duke.edu
- Xiaobin Lin - xiaobin.lin AT duke.edu
- Qi Xu - xu.qi AT duke.edu
- Yiqiao Liu - yiqiao.liu AT duke.edu
Course Textbook: David A. Patterson and John L. Hennessy. Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface, 5th edition, Morgan-Kaufmann. (Amazon, AddAll) — (Not the "ARM" edition or the "Revised Printing")
Links:
- Piazza forum - get help and discuss course material
- Sakai - submit assignments and see grades
- Suggestion box - send anonymous feedback to the instructor
Schedule
| # | Date | Lecture | Recitation (Thu) | Reading | Homework due (11:55:00pm) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon 8/29 | Intro, policies | ||||
| 2 | Wed 8/31 | Transistors to Gates | VHDL, Introduction Quartus Tutorial | Sec B.1-B.2 | ||
| 3 | Mon 9/5 | Combinatorial Logic | Sec B.3-B.5 | |||
| 4 | Wed 9/7 | Implementing Arithmetic | VHDL, FPGA adder.qar adder_with_sub_entities.qar | Sec 3.1-3.2, 3.5 | ||
| 5 | Mon 9/12 | Storage, Clocking | Sec B.7-B.11 | |||
| 6 | Wed 9/14 | Finite State Machines | VHDL, Simulation adder_wk3.qar | Sec B.10, 3.4 | (Fri 9/16) Homework 1 hw1-leds.qar | |
| 7 | Mon 9/19 | ISAs and MIPS | Chap 2 | |||
| 8 | Wed 9/21 | ISAs and MIPS | VHDL, Sequential Circuits spinning_disk_fsm.qar | Chap 2 | ||
| 9 | Mon 9/26 | ISAs and MIPS | Chap 2 | |||
| 10 | Wed 9/28 | ISAs and MIPS | VHDL, HW2 help | Chap 2 | ||
| 11 | Mon 10/3 | Datapaths | Sec 4.1-4.4 | (Tue 10/4) Homework 2 vgacontroller.qar vmem.mif (test image to be displayed) hw2-vmem.png (PNG of image data as stored) hw2-vmem-stretched.png (PNG of image data as it will be shown) hw2-proof.jpg (Photo of a real monitor showing the image) | ||
| 12 | Wed 10/5 | Datapaths | MIPS and SPIM | Sec 4.1-4.4 | ||
| Mon 10/10 | FALL BREAK | |||||
| 13 | Wed 10/12 | Datapaths | MIPS | Sec 4.1-4.4 | ||
| 14 | Mon 10/17 | Memory Hierarchy | Sec 5.1-5.5 | (Tue 10/18) Homework 3 strsort.c strsort.s | ||
| 15 | Wed 10/19 | Memory Hierarchy | Digging into Homework 4 | Sec 5.1-5.5 | ||
| 16 | Mon 10/24 | Memory Hierarchy | Sec 5.1-5.5 | |||
| 17 | Wed 10/26 | Memory Hierarchy (6pm) Midterm review | Homework 4 Clinic | Sec 5.1-5.5 | ||
| 18 | Mon 10/31 | Virtual Memory | Sec 5.6-5.9 | |||
| 19 | Wed 11/2 | Virtual Memory | Midterm Exam Study guide Practice midterm Practice solutions Last semester's midterm Provided reference sheet | Sec 5.6-5.9 | ||
| 20 | Mon 11/7 | Interrupts and Exceptions | Sec 4.9 | (Tue 11/8) Homework 4 Skeleton project Testing tools | ||
| 21 | Wed 11/9 | Interrupts and Exceptions | Getting started on HW5 Slides cache_stp.stp | Sec 4.9 | ||
| 22 | Mon 11/14 | IO | Sec A.8 | |||
| 23 | Wed 11/16 | Operating Systems | Homework help |
Fast File System for UNIX by McKusick, et al., Process Scheduling by Krzyzanowski, How Computers Boot Up by Duarte | ||
| 24 | Mon 11/21 | Networking | Intro to Computer Networks by Dordal, ch. 1 | |||
| Wed 11/23 | THANKSGIVING BREAK | - | ||||
| 25 | Mon 11/28 | Pipelining | Sec 4.5-end | |||
| 26 | Wed 11/30 | Intel x86 | Course review | Sec 4.5-end | (Fri 12/2) Homework 5 Skeleton project Interface overview diagram Testing traces | |
| Mon 12/19 | Exam: 9am-12pm Study guide Practice final Practice solutions Provided reference sheet | |||||
Resources
VHDL and the DE-115
- DE2-115 user manual
- DE2-115 pin spreadsheet (also on Google Drive)
- DE2-115 recitation tutorial
- VHDL Tutorial (you can skip section 8)
- Intro to Quartus IIM
MIPS assembly language
- Get QtSPIM here
- MIPS Quick Reference Cheat Sheet
- Alternate 3-page MIPS reference
- Assemblers, Linkers, and the SPIM Simulator by James R. Larus.
- Assembly Programming Examples:
Syllabus & policies
Course synopsis
This class is aimed at MS/MEng students who want to focus on Computer Engineering, but whose undergraduate degree is in an area other than Computer Engineernig. This course will bring students up to speed on digitial logic, processor design, ISA concepts, MIPS assembly, caches, operating systems and networking.Grading breakdown
This course will include regular in-class quizzes, a series of homework assignments, and two exams (midterm and final). Grading breakdown:
| Category | % |
|---|---|
| Lecture/recitation attendance | 10% |
| Homework | 30% |
| Midterm | 25% |
| Final exam | 35% |
Lecture/recitation attendance
Attendance is required. For lectures, it will be checked by a series of around 8 pop quizzes. The quizzes mainly serve as an early warning to detect if you're having trouble with the material. Your bottom two quiz scores will be dropped.For recitation, full credit will be awarded for good faith effort on the work for the day. A small number of absences will be permitted to recitation. This number is likely 2, but please don't try to "spend" absences like currency.
Homework
All assignments must be submitted as plain text or PDF; no Word documents will be accepted.
Late Policy: Each group has a budget of 5 late days total for the semester. Using a late day does not change demo deadline, only submission deadline. Measurement is days, not classes. Late days are indivisible -- 10 minutes late = 1 day used. After used up: must turn in on time else ZERO credit. Exceptions may be made at instructor discretion, just talk to me (e.g., serious injury/illness, family emergency, etc.).
Grading and assessment of tardiness will be based on what you submit to Sakai and when you submit it (not submissions via email/printout/fax/whatever).
Grade appeals
All regrade requests must be in writing. Email the TA with your questions. After speaking with the TA, if you still have concerns, contact the instructor.All regrade requests must be submitted to the instructor no later than 1 week after the assignment was returned to you.
Academic integrity
I take academic integrity extremely seriously. Academic misconduct will not be tolerated, and all suspected violations of the Duke Honor Code will be referred to the Office of Student Conduct (for undergraduates) or the departmental Director of Graduate Studies (for graduate students). A student found responsible for academic dishonesty faces formal disciplinary action, which may include suspension. A student twice suspended automatically faces a minimum 5-year separation from Duke University.In addition to the measures taken by the Office of Student Conduct, the affected assignment(s) will receive zero credit, or possibly -100% in egregious cases.
If you are considering this course of action, please see me instead, and we can work something out! I want every student in my course to be successful.
For clarity, below are examples of acceptable and unacceptable behavior with respect to academic integrity:
- OK: Discussing/sharing assignment solutions with TAs, the instructor, or people in your assigned group
- BAD: Discussing/sharing assignment solutions with anyone else
- OK: Discussing general course concepts with anyone
- OK: Using outside resources for general information (e.g. VHDL syntax, DE2 board manual, etc.), assuming you cite any resource used
- BAD: Downloading actual code to use (even if you cite it!)
- BAD: Using any unauthorized resources (classmates, internet, etc.) on quizzes or exams