Computer Organization and Assembly Language

Instructor: Dr. Robert Walker walker@mcs.kent.edu MSB 351, 672-4004 ext. 351 Office hours = Tu 1-3pm, Th 1-3pm

Syllabus & Schedule Syllabus (9/3/96) Updated Schedule (12/2/96) How to view the lectures How to view/print on a Mac or PC Easier PC setup

Lectures (w/ Worksheets & Homework Assignments) 9/4/96 Lecture 01 Course Introduction History of Computing, Part I 9/6/96 Lecture 02 -- History of Computing, Part II 9/9/96 Lecture 03 -- Representing Numbers 9/11/96 Lecture 04 -- Encoding Numbers and Characters 9/13/96 Lecture 05 -- Combinational Circuits, Part I 9/16/96 Lecture 06 -- Combinational Circuits, Part II 9/18/96 Lecture 07 -- Sequential Circuits, Part I 9/20/96 Lecture 08 -- Sequential Circuits, Part II 9/25/96 Lecture 09 -- Sequential Circuits, Part III 9/27/96 Lecture 10 -- Sequential Circuits, Part IV 9/30/96 Lecture 11 -- Representing Integers 10/2/96 Lecture 12 -- Floating-Point Numbers 10/4/96 Lecture 13 -- Memory Systems 10/7/96 Lecture 14 -- Computer Organization 10/9/96 Lecture 15 -- Instruction Addressing 10/14/96 Lecture 16 -- 3-Operand Instructions 10/16/96 Lecture 17 -- Flow of Control, Part I 10/18/96 Lecture 18 -- Flow of Control, Part II 10/21/96 Lecture 19 -- Assembler Directives 10/23/96 Lecture 20 -- Addressing Modes 10/25/96 Lecture 21 -- Subroutines 10/28/96 Lecture 22 -- SPARC, Part I simple.s 10/30/96 Lecture 23 -- SPARC, Part II iotest.s array.s 11/1/96 Lecture 24 -- SPARC, Part III array2.s 11/4/96 Lecture 25 -- Program Translation 11/6/96 Lecture 26 -- VAX, Part I 11/6/96 Lecture 27 -- VAX, Part II 11/13/96 Lecture 28 -- Interrupts 11/18/96 Lecture 29 -- A Simple Machine 11/20/96 Lecture 30 -- Instruction Interpretation 11/22/96 Lecture 31 -- Instruction Speedup 11/25/96 Lecture 32 -- Pipelining 12/2/96 Lecture 33 -- Microcoding 12/4/96 Lecture 34 -- Parallel Machines 12/6/96 Lecture 35 -- Operating Systems 12/9/96 Lecture 36 -- Networks 12/13/96 Lecture 37 -- Last Class

Homework Solutions There was no Homework 01 9/16/96 Homework 02 9/25/96 Homework 03 9/30/96 Homework 04 10/7/96 Homework 05 10/14/96 Homework 06 10/21/96 Homework 07 10/28/96 Homework 08 11/8/96 Homework / Quiz 09 11/18/96 Homework 10 11/25/96 Homework 11 12/4/96 Homework 12 12/9/96 Homework 13 Quiz Solutions 9/13/96 Quiz 01 9/20/96 Quiz 02 9/27/96 Quiz 03 10/4/96 Quiz 04 10/9/96 Quiz 05 10/18/96 Quiz 06 10/25/96 Quiz 07 11/1/96 Quiz 08 11/8/96 Homework / Quiz 09 11/22/96 Quiz 10 12/2/96 Quiz 11 12/6/96 Quiz 12 12/9/96 Quiz 13 Exam Solutions Exam 1 10/9/96 Solution Exam 2 11/15/96 Solution Exam 3 12/11/96 Solution