Computer Architecture

Faculty of Computer Science & Engineering - HCMUT

Computer Architecture
Binh Tran-Thanh
[email protected]
Copyright/Acknowledgments
▪ The lecture material for this course has been
adapted in part from UC Berkeley (US), Penn
State, Publisher at UB and The Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (M.I.T. US)

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What is Computer???
▪ “A computer is a data processing machine
which is operated automatically under the
control of a list of instructions (called a
program) stored in its main memory.”

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Classes of Computers
▪ Personal computers
▪ Embedded computers
▪ Server/Supercomputers

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Source: internet
Which class does ipad belong to?

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How about smartphone?

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Computer Architecture
▪ “Computer architecture refers to those
attributes of a computer system visible to
programmers, or those attributes that have a
direct impact on the logical execution of
programs.”

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Don't get confused

Source: https://informationq.com
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Computer Architecture example

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_architecture WB Data

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Typical Attributes
▪ The instruction set (instruction types and operations)
▪ Basic data representation methods
▪ I/O mechanisms
▪ The basic units in the CPU
▪ Functions of the major components
▪ Instruction execution
▪ Memory organization (memory addressing techniques)
▪ The ways in which the basic components are
interconnected

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Course Overview
▪ Principle & organization of digital
computers.
▪ Instruction Set Architecture of a Computer.
▪ Programming in assembly language (MIPS).
▪ Performance issues in computer
architecture.

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Why this Course ???
▪ To be professional in any field of computing today, not to
regard the computer just as a black box executing
programs by magic.
▪ To understand functional components that build up a
computer system, their characteristics, performance, &
interaction between them.
▪ To understand computer architecture in order to
develop a program that runs efficiently on a system.
▪ To understand the tradeoff among various component
features, such as CPU clock speed vs. memory size by
design a system

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Course Outcomes
▪ Students who complete this course will be able to
▪ Explain the structure of a computer system and
deeply understand how it works at the hardware
level.
▪ Develop assembly language programs that include
complex constructs.
▪ Design and build basic software components which
work efficiently on a known architecture.
▪ Analyze the performance of computer architecture
and organization.
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Course Schedule
Introduction to Computer Abstraction and Week 1-2
Technology
Instructions – Language of the Computer Week 3-5
with MIPS
Arithmetic for Computers Week 6-7
The Processor Week 8-9
Memory Systems Week 10-11
Storage and Other IO topics Week 12-14
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Course Materials
▪ Lectures:
▪ Bk-elearning (http://e-learning.hcmut.edu.vn/)
▪ Textbooks:
▪ David A. Patterson and John L. Hennessy, Computer
Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software
Interface, Fifth Edition, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers,
2017.
▪ Pham Quoc Cuong, "Kiến trúc Máy tính", Nhà xuất bản
Đại học Quốc gia TPHCM, ISBN: 978-604-73-4662-2
▪ Some well-known online courses
▪ Edx, Coursera, Udemy
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Course Evaluation
▪ Quizzes (In class): 10% Midterm exam: 20%
▪ Lab works: 10% Final exam: 40%
▪ Assignments: 20%
▪ Exams will be in multi-choice & open-books (for
online)
▪ Bonus:
▪ +3 pts for final exam if obtaining the certification of
CompArch online course (email me first)
▪ +3 pts for midterm if obtaining a certification/prize
from qualified competition (email me)

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Question???