CENG 252 Computer Organization

This course is an introduction to computer organization using assembly and machine language. The hardware and software components of computers, number representation, computer arithmetic, instruction sets, I/O interrupts, and programming interrupts are presented. The course involves detailed study and use of a specific computer hardware and software system. This course mainly teaches ISA (Instruction Set Architecture) level.

In this semester the Intel x86 microprocessor family hardware and software architecture will be introduced. The emphasis of the course will be on x86 assembly language programming and x86 hardware architecture.

Prerequisites

EE 273 Fundamentals of Logic Design, CENG 101 Computer Programming I or CENG 102 Computer Programming II.

Lecture Schedule

Week	Topics Covered
1	Course Overview, Overview of Computer Organization
2	Introduction to Memory Basics and Memory System Design
3	Introduction to Microprocessor Architecture and Operation
4	Introduction to Microprocessor Architecture and Operation (Continued)
5	Introduction to Intel 80x86 Architecture: External Architecture of 8088/8086, Internal Architecture, Memory Architecture, I/O Operations
6	Elements of Assembly Language Programming: Assembly Language Statements, How to Assembly, Link, and Run a Program, Where are the Operands?: An Introduction to Addressing Modes
7	Addressing Modes: 32-Bit and 16-Bit Addressing, Simple Addressing Modes, Direct Addressing Mode, Register Indirect Addressing Mode, Based and Indexed Addressing Modes, Based-Indexed Addressing Mode
8	Basic Instructions: Data Transfer Instructions, Integer Addition and Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, Addition and Subtraction of Larger Numbers
9	Midterm Exam 1
10	Branching and Looping: Unconditional Jumps, Conditional Jumps, Compare Instructions and If Structures, Implementing Loop Structures, For Loops in Assembly Language, Arrays
11	Procedures (1): The 80x86 Stack, Procedure Body, Call and Return, Parameters and Local Variables, Call and Return, Parameters and Local Variables
12	Midterm Exam 2

	Topics Scheduled but not Covered
	String Operations and Bit Manipulation
	High Level Language Interface: Why program in Mixed Mode, Calling Assembly Procedures from C, Calling C Functions from Assembly, Inlince Assembly Code.
	System Buses: Bus Design Issues, Synchronous and Asynchronous Buses, Bus Arbitration, Example Buses: ISA, PCI, AGP
	Input/Output Organization: Accessing I/O Devices, DMA, Serial and Parallel Interface, USB, IEEE 1394.
	Interrupts: Hardware and Software Interrupts, Pentium Interrupt Processing: Interrupt processing in Protected and Real Modes

Textbooks

Required

Fundamentals of Computer Organization and Design, S. P. Dandamudi, Springer, 1060 pages, 2003.

Recommended Books

	Introduction to 80x86 Assembly Language and Computer Architecture, Richard C. Detmer, Jones & Bartlett Pub, 512 pages, 2001.
	Mikroişlemciler ve Bilgisayarlar, 3. Basım, H. Gümüşkaya, ALFA, 2002.
	Structured Computer Organization, Andrew S. Tannenbaum, Prentice Hall, 1998.
	Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface, John L. Hennessy & David A. Patterson, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Inc., 1998.
	Computer Organization & Architecture: Designing for Performance, William Stallings, Prentice Hall, 2003.
	Computer Organization, Carl Hamacher, Zvonko Vranesic, and Safwat Zaky, 5th Edition, Mc Graw Hill, 2002.
	Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective, R. E. Bryant and D. R. O'Hallaron, Prentice Hall, 2003.
	Logic and Computer Design Fundementals, 2nd Edition, M. Morris Mano, C. R. Kime, Prentice Hall, 2001.
	Computer System Architecture, M. Morris Mano, Prentice Hall, 1992.

Grading (tentative)
20 % : Homework Assignments
25 % : Midterm 1
25 % : Midterm 2
30 % : Final Exam (a comprehensive exam which covers all lectures at the end of the course)

Homework: There will be homework in every 2 or 3 weeks. The purpose of the homework is to give you a chance to exercise the knowledge gained from the recent class material. Some exam questions will closely resemble homework problems. Most homework problems will come from the main text book.

Attendance: Attendance is important in order to learn the topics in a timely manner. Attendance will be forced by taking attendance and by making quizzes at random times.

Quizzes: There will be short quizzes at random times. We may not inform you about the quizzes. A quiz may be done at any time during a lecture period.

Midterm Exam: There will be one midterm exam that will be given around the mid of the semester.

Final Exam: There will be one final exam that will be given during final exams period of the semester.

Makeup Exam: Depending on the need (for officially reported or extraordinary cases) I may make a makeup exam. But I should warn you that makeup exam will be much more difficult than the other exams in order to provide fairness for students who work on time and take the exam on time, and discourage students from unnecessarily omitting the exams.

Academic Integrity

We will be very careful in grading the projects, homeworks, exams so that everybody gets the grade that he/she deserves. Copying will not be tolerated and will be checked and punished rigorously.

The Fatih University has a very strict policy on academic dishonesty. All work on homeworks and examinations must be strictly individual. Violations of this policy will result in an F grade for the class and may result in suspension/expulsion from the university.