CSE378: Machine Organization and Assembly Language

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Differences and similarities in machine organization; central processors; fundamentals of machine language and addressing; assembly language programming, including macros; operating system interfaces. No credit to students who have completed 410.

CSE 143; CSE 370.

Machine organization; central processors; memory hierarchy; fundamentals of machine language and addressing; assembly language programming; operating system interfaces. No credit to students who have completed 410.

D. Patterson and J. Hennessy: Computer Organization & Design: The Hardware/Software Interface (3rd Edition, 1998)

Fundamentals of instruction set design. CPU implementation, pipelining. Memory hierarchy. Assembly language programming. Compiler and operating system interfaces. The purpose of this course is to give students a basic understanding of computer architecture and organization, assembly language programming, and the hardware/software interface.

machine organization, instruction sets, addressing modes, instruction encoding, subroutine linkages, assessing performance, datapath and control, pipelining, caches, address translation, I/O, exception and protection mechanisms.

3 lectures/week 1 discussion section/week

(b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data

(c) an ability to design a computing system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability

(a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering

(e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve computer engineering problems

(k) an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern computer engineering tools necessary for engineering practice

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