CIS 271 Architecture / Assembly
            Final Exam: Tuesday 3:15-5:15 6/10

 

Course Info

Simulator

Assembly Language Spec.

Toms Hardware

Sample1

sim.jar

asm.jar

 
Chapter 1 Notes
Chapter 2 Notes
Chapter 3 Notes
Chapter 4 Notes
Chapter 5 Notes
Chapter 6 Notes

Links:

ISA one

SPIM Doc

SPIM

SPIM BASICS

Examples+
  Sample1
  Sample2
  Sample3
  Sample4

 

 

     Assignments:                                                jump to bottom
 
bulletGet the book and start reading. Read chapter 1 and take notes while you are reading.
 
bulletDownload the simulator and start exploring it.
 
bulletHOMEWORK 1:
  1. Continue Reading/Notetaking chapters 1 and 2 (thru 2.2) Read Appendix 1 and 2.
     
  2. Do the following problems.  Please hand in a hardcopy. Due next Thur.

    Chapter 1:       p. 38,  #2, 5, 6, 9 (Forget about the hint.)

    Chapter 2:       pp. 113 - 114,  #1, 6, 12

    Appendix A:    pp. 641 - 642,  #1, 2, 7, 14 (Show your calculations)
     

bullet HOMEWORK 2 - Tuesday:
  1. Work on xLogicCircuits Lab 1, all exercises, at this web address:

    http://math.hws.edu/TMCM/java/labs/xLogicCircuitsLab1.html

    If you get stuck on an exercise, skip it and come back to it if you have time. Work together as a team, Gordon can help, he has done this before. Do screen dumps as needed and answer the questions in Microsoft Word. Only one paper is required, everyone in class sign it and turn it in to my box outside my office at the end of class.
     

  2. Turn in any completed notes you made on the reading and/or homework and keep reading the book.
     

bullet HOMEWORK 3 - Tuesday 4/15:
  1. Finish reading chapter 2. Turn in a copy of your notes. Begin reading chapter 3.
     
  2. Research either the new Intel 64 bit chip or the AMD 64 bit chip. Write a short paper that describes the architecture of the chip. (One page)
     
  3. How long is the spiral track on a single sided, one layer DVD disk. Check out How Stuff Works and What Is.
     
bullet HOMEWORK 4 - Thursday 4/17:
  1. Finish any outstanding homework.
     
  2. Finish the xLogicCircuits Lab 2, exercises 1-8, at this web address:

    http://math.hws.edu/TMCM/java/labs/xLogicCircuitsLab2.html
     
  3. Complete reading through page 154 in your text. Do problems #4-#7 and #9 on page 199.
     
bulletCheck out this float demonstration:

http://www.artima.com/insidejvm/applets/InnerFloat.html
 
bulletHOMEWORK 5-15 Thursday:
bulletFinish chapter 4 see notes above.
bulletDo problems #2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 17 at the end of Ch 4.
bulletStart reading chapter 5. Read about the fundamental concepts and the picoJava material.
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