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COMP 2280 - Introduction to Computer Systems

Calendar Description: Data representation and manipulation, machine-level representation of


programs, assembly language programming, and basic computer architecture.
Prerequisites: COMP 2130 and COMP 2140 and COMP 2160.
Lab Required
This course is a prerequisite for: COMP 3090, COMP 3290, COMP 3430, COMP 3370, and COMP 3720

Outline
1. Introduction to course (1/2 week)
2. Data representation (1 week)
Signed and unsigned numbers, One and two’s complement representation, Addition and
subtraction of two’s complement numbers, Conversion from binary to decimal and from
decimal to binary, Hexadecimal representation, Logical operations (AND, OR, NOT,
XOR), Sign extension and overflow, Fixed point representation i.e. IEEE floating point
representation j. ASCII
3. Introduction to ISA and assembly language (1 week)
Introduce instruction set architecture, Discuss high level design of ISA, Introduce the ISA
of machine that we will be using, Introduce assembly language and machine code, The
assembly process-Two passes, Symbol tables, Linking and loading, Examples
4. Introduction to assembly language instructions of machine that we will be using (1 week)
Introduce the instructions of the machine, examples
5. Introduction to circuits (2 weeks)
Discuss basic logic gates, Truth tables, Discuss useful combinational circuits and their
implementations – Multiplexers, Decoders, Adders, Sequential circuits - Latches and flip-
flops (RS and D), Registers, Memory (address space and organization, building a memory,
examples, f) introduction to timing diagrams
6. Addressing modes and Control Statements (1/2 week)
Introduce conditional branching, Addressing modes, Examples for machine we are using
7. The CPU (2 weeks)
Components of the CPU, Memory transfer - MAR and MDR registers, Program execution
in CPU, The CPU state machine for executing instructions (fetch, decode, etc.), Micro-
operations, Structure of CPU - Internal buses, Control points, Tri-state buffers, Important
operations and illustrate how to set the appropriate control points - Read from memory,
Write to memory, Register transfer, ALU operations, Control unit implementation
methods- Hardwire logic, Micro-coding
8. Sub-programs (1 week)
Introduce subprograms, Run-time stacks- Passing arguments on the stack, allocating local
variables on the stack, Returning results, examples
9. Synchronous Finite State Machines (FSMs) (1.5 week)
Introduce state machines - Implementation of storage of state using flip-flops,
Implementation of combinatorial logic, Work through a detailed example from problem to
final solution (circuit), Briefly discuss the state machine of control unit of machine we are
studying
10. Input/output (1 week)
Introduce polling and interrupt driven I/O, Examples using the machine we are studying
11. Buses (1 week)
System bus, Masters and slaves, Bus design issues- Timing, Arbitration, Do an example of
bus arbitration
12. Demo (1 class)
An in-class demo of a digital system. (E.g. an FPGA that generated video output to a VGA
monitor), briefly discuss current tools available to developers, Talk about some exciting
types of digital systems that can be built.
Text: Course Notes

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