UMBC CMSC 313, Computer Organization & Assembly Language, Fall 2002, Section 0101

Course Syllabus

We will follow two textbooks: Principles of Computer Architecture, by Murdocca and Heuring, and Linux Assembly Language Programming, by Neveln. The following schedule outlines the material to be covered during the semester and specifies the corresponding sections in each textbook.

A syllabus being a plan rather than a record of events, the actual topics covered during each lecture are available on a separate Lecture Topics page. The links off the Lecture Topics page also contains an expanded topics list and source code for programs shown during lecture.

Date Topic M&H Reading Neveln Reading Assign Due
Th 08/29 Introduction & Overview 1.1-1.8 1.1-1.6    
Tu 09/03 Data Representation I 2.1-2.2, 3.1-3.3 2.4-2.7, 3.6-3.8 HW1  
Th 09/05 Data Representation II        
Tu 09/10 i386 Assembly Language I   3.10-3.13, 4.1-4.8 HW2 HW1
Th 09/12 i386 Assembly Language II   6.1-6.5 Proj1  
Tu 09/17 i386 Assembly Language III       HW2
Th 09/19 Examples I     Proj2 Proj1
Tu 09/24 Machine Language   5.1-5.7    
Th 09/26 Compiling, Assembling & Linking 5.1-5.3   Proj3 Proj2
Tu 10/01 Subroutines   7.1-7.4    
Th 10/03 The Stack & C Functions        
Tu 10/08 Examples II        
Th 10/10 Linux Memory Model 7.7 8.1-8.8 Proj4 Proj3
Tu 10/15 Interrupts & System Calls   9.1-9.8    
Th 10/17 TBA       Proj4
Tu 10/22 Midterm Exam
Th 10/24 Introduction to Digital Logic A.1-A.2 3.1-3.3 DigSim1  
Tu 10/29 Transistors & Logic Gates A.3-A.4      
Th 10/31 Boolean Functions & Truth Tables A.5-A.9   HW3 DigSim1
Tu 11/05 Circuits for Addition 3.5      
Th 11/07 Combinational Logic Components A.10   HW4 HW3
Tu 11/12 Flip Flops A.11      
Th 11/14 Finite State Machines A.12-A.15   DigSim2 HW4
Tu 11/19 Circuit Simplification I B.1-B.2      
Th 11/21 Circuit Simplification II B.3   HW5 DigSim2
Tu 11/26 Finite State Machine Design        
Th 11/28 Thanksgiving break
Tu 12/03 More Finite State Machine Design     DigSim3 HW5
Th 12/05 I/O & Memory 7.1-7.6, 8.1-8.3      
Tu 12/10 TBA       DigSim3
Th 12/12 Final Exam 10:30am-12:30pm

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