UMBC CMSC 313, Computer Organization & Assembly Language, Fall 2004, 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 09/02 Introduction & Overview 1.1-1.8 1.1-1.6    
Tu 09/07 Data Representation I 2.1-2.2, 3.1-3.3 2.4-2.7, 3.6-3.8 HW1  
Th 09/09 Data Representation II        
Tu 09/14 i386 Assembly Language I   3.10-3.13, 4.1-4.8 HW2 HW1
Th 09/16 i386 Assembly Language II   6.1-6.5 Proj1  
Tu 09/21 i386 Assembly Language III       HW2
Th 09/23 i386 Assembly Language IV     Proj2 Proj1
Tu 09/28 Examples        
Th 09/30 Machine Language   5.1-5.7 Proj3 Proj2
Tu 10/05 Compiling, Assembling & Linking 5.1-5.3      
Th 10/07 Subroutines   7.1-7.4    
Tu 10/12 The Stack & C Functions        
Th 10/14 Linux Memory Model 7.7 8.1-8.8 Proj4 Proj3
Tu 10/19 Interrupts & System Calls   9.1-9.8    
Th 10/21 Cache Memory 7.6     Proj4
Tu 10/26 Midterm Exam
Th 10/28 Introduction to Digital Logic A.1-A.3 3.1-3.3 DigSim1  
Tu 11/02 Transistors & Logic Gates A.4-A.7      
Th 11/04 Circuits for Addition 3.5   HW3 DigSim1
Tu 11/09 Combinational Logic Components A.10      
Th 11/11 Circuit Simplification I B.1-B.2   HW4 HW3
Tu 11/16 Flip Flops I A.11      
Th 11/18 Flip Flops II     DigSim2 HW4
Tu 11/23 Finite State Machines A.12-A.13      
Th 11/25 Thanksgiving break
Tu 11/30 Circuit Simplification II B.3   HW5 DigSim2
Th 12/02 Finite State Machine Design        
Tu 12/07 Registers & Memory A.14-15, 7.1-7.5   DigSim3 HW5
Th 12/09 I/O 8.1-8.3      
Tu 12/14 TBA       DigSim3
Tu 12/21 Final Exam 10:30am-12:30pm

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