Course

Basic Computer Architecture-Instruction set and Machine language-MIPS instructions- add, subtract, bitwise operators, branches- CPI metric- Data path design for single clock. Data path for multi clock instructions-pipelining and pipeline faults-Control unit design-state based control – microprogramed control-Revising Assemblers. Virtual Machine I: Stack Arithmetic, Background VM Specification Part-1, Implementation and Perspective. Virtual Machine II: Program Control Background, VM Specification Part-2, Implementation, Perspective. High-Level Language: Background, The Jack Language Specification. Writing Jack Applications. Perspective. Compiler I – Syntax Analysis: Background, Specification, Implementation, Perspective. Compiler II – Code Generation: Background, Specification, Implementation, Perspective. Operating System: Background, the Jack OS Specification, Implementation, Perspective.

Course Objectives

This course is an integrative, project-oriented systems building course. The course exposes students to a significant body of computer science knowledge, gained through a series of hardware and software construction tasks. These tasks demonstrate how theoretical and applied techniques taught in other higher courses in AI are used in practice.

Course Outcomes

Course Evaluation Pattern:

Internal – 75%

• Assignments – 50% (20 assignments with equal credit)
• Quiz- 25% (5 Quizzes with equal credit)

External – 25%

• Project – 25%

1. Hennessy, John L., and David A. Patterson. Computer architecture: a quantitative approach. Elsevier, 5th Edition, 2011.
2. Nisan, Noam, and Shimon Schocken. The elements of computing systems: building a modern computer from first principles. MIT press, 2005.