CSCE 230: Computer Organization
Fall 2022

Instructor

Jeffrey Falkinburg
Computer Science and Engineering
368 Avery Hall
jfalkinburg2@unl.edu
Office Hours:
TBD via Zoom
and by appointment.

Teaching Assistants

Undergraduate TAs:
See Canvas
Office Hours:
TBD

Course Information

Lecture: Monday/Wednesday/Friday Lecture: 9:30am-10:20am in Burnett 107
Recitation: Wednesday or Thursday 3:30pm-4:20pm in Avery 19
Laboratory: Wednesday or Thursday 4:30pm-6:20pm in Avery 21

For more detailed information on this course please see the course syllabus.

Course Description

Computer Organization (4 cr) Lecture 3 hours, recitation 1 hour, laboratory 2 hours. Introduction to organization and structure of computer systems. Boolean Logic, Digital Arithmetic, Processor Organization, Machine Language Programming, Input/Output, Memory Organization, System Support Software, Communication, and Ethics.

Course Canvas Pages

Assignments

See the course schedule below for reading assignments and the general topics covered in the course.

Week of...
Week #
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
22 Aug
Week 1
 Date
Lecture
Topic

Lab
Homework
22 Aug
 Chapter 1: Binary Numbers
Number Systems and Conversions



23 Aug




24 Aug
 Chapter 1: Binary Numbers
Addition/Subtraction of
Signed/Unsigned Numbers
Lab 1 Start

25 Aug


Lab 1 Start

26 Aug
 Chapter 1: Binary Numbers
Multiplication/Division and
Zero/Sign Extension


29 Aug
Week 2
 Date
Lecture
Topic

Lab
Homework
29 Aug
 Ch 2 & App B: Basic Assembly Lang
Assembly Language Basics



30 Aug


Lab 1: Due at Midnight

31 Aug
 Ch 2 & App B: Basic Assembly Lang
Arithmetic and Branching Instructions

Lab 2 Start

1 Sep


Lab 2 Start

2 Sep
 Ch 2 & App B: Basic Assembly Lang
Logic, Move, Shift, and Rotate Instr



5 Sep
Week 3
 Date
Lecture
Topic

Lab
Homework
5 Sep

Labor Day! - No Class
Homework 1: Due Midnight Sunday
6 Sep


Lab 2: Due at Midnight

7 Sep
 Ch 2 & App B: Basic Assembly Lang
Load/Store Instr and Directives

Lab 3 Start

8 Sep


Lab 3 Start

9 Sep
 Ch 2 & App B: Basic Assembly Lang
Subroutine Instr and Stack



12 Sep
Week 4
 Date
Lecture
Topic

Lab
Homework
12 Sep
 Ch 2 & App B: Basic Assembly Lang
Nested Subroutines



13 Sep


Lab 3: Due at Midnight

14 Sep
 Ch 3 & App B: I/O Assembly
Polling

Lab 4 Start

15 Sep


Lab 4 Start

16 Sep
 Ch 3 & App B: I/O Assembly
Interrupts



19 Sep
Week 5
 Date
Lecture
Topic

Lab
Homework
19 Sep
 App A: Logic circuit and VHDL
Logic Gates, Logic Rules, & Synthesis


Homework 2: Due Midnight Sunday
20 Sep


Lab 4: Due at Midnight

21 Sep
 App A: Logic circuit and VHDL
K-Maps and VHDL Intro

Lab 5 Start

22 Sep


Lab 5 Start

23 Sep

Exam 1



26 Sep
Week 6
 Date
Lecture
Topic

Lab
Homework
26 Sep
 App A: Logic circuit and VHDL
VHDL Intro, Data Types, and CSAs


Advising/Counselings Start
27 Sep


Lab 5: Due at Midnight

28 Sep
 App A: Logic circuit and VHDL
VHDL Intro Part 2

Lab 6 Start

29 Sep


Lab 6 Start

30 Sep
 App A: Logic circuit and VHDL
Sequential Circuits



3 Oct
Week 7
 Date
Lecture
Topic

Lab
Homework
3 Oct
 App A: Logic circuit and VHDL
Flip-Flops, Registers, & Seq Circuits


Advising/Counseling Week 2
4 Oct


Lab 6: Due at Midnight

5 Oct
 App A: Logic circuit and VHDL
FSM Design

Lab 7 Start

6 Oct


Lab 7 Start

7 Oct
 App A: Logic circuit and VHDL
FSM Analysis



10 Oct
Week 8
 Date
Lecture
Topic

Lab
Homework
10 Oct
 App A: Logic circuit and VHDL
VHDL Concurrent vs Sequential


Advising/Counseling Week 3
11 Oct




12 Oct
 App A: Logic circuit and VHDL
VHDL Synthesis and VHDL FSMs



13 Oct




14 Oct
 Ch 5: Processor Design & Nios Proc
Nios CPU Overview & Reg File



17 Oct
Week 9
 Date
Lecture
Topic

Lab
Homework
17 Oct

Fall Break! - No Class
Homework 3: Due Midnight Sunday
18 Oct

Fall Break! - No Class
Lab 7: Due at Midnight

19 Oct
 Ch 5: Processor Design & Nios Proc
Arithmetic Logic Unit

Lab 8 Start
Last week of Advising/Counseling
20 Oct


Lab 8 Start

21 Oct

Exam 2
Advising/Counseling Sessions Due!
24 Oct
Week 10
 Date
Lecture
Topic

Lab
Homework
24 Oct
 Ch 5: Processor Design & Nios Proc
Nios Instruction Set & Arithmetic
Instructions


25 Oct




26 Oct
 Ch 5: Processor Design & Nios Proc
Logic, Data Copy, & Control Transfer
Instructions
Lab 9 Start

27 Oct


Lab 9 Start

28 Oct
 Ch 5: Processor Design & Nios Proc




31 Oct
Week 11
 Date
Lecture
Topic

Lab
Homework
31 Oct
 Chapter 5: Datapath




1 Nov


Lab 8: Due at Midnight

2 Nov
 Chapter 5: Datapath




3 Nov




4 Nov
 Chapter 5: Control Signals




7 Nov
Week 12
 Date
Lecture
Topic

Lab
Homework
7 Nov
 Chapter 4: Assembler
Assembler and Processor Example

Group Lab 1: Due Midnight Sunday

8 Nov


Lab 9: Due at Midnight

9 Nov
 Chapter 8: Memory
Sequential Building Blocks &
Memory Types


10 Nov




11 Nov
 Chapter 8: Memory
Memory Hierarchy & Cache Memory



14 Nov
Week 13
 Date
Lecture
Topic

Lab
Homework
14 Nov
 Chapter 8: Memory
Cache Write Requests, Cache Design,
& Replacement Algorithms

Homework 4: Due Midnight Sunday
15 Nov




16 Nov
 Chapter 8: Memory
Virtual Memory



17 Nov




18 Nov
 Ch 11 & App A: Logic Arrays




21 Nov
Week 14
 Date
Lecture
Topic

Lab
Homework
21 Nov
 Chapter 6: Pipelining


Group Lab 2: Due Midnight Sunday

22 Nov




23 Nov

Student Holiday - No Class

24 Nov

Thanksgiving Break! - No Class

25 Nov

Thanksgiving Break! - No Class

28 Nov
Week 15
 Date
Lecture
Topic

Lab
Homework
28 Nov
 Exam Review



Homework 5: Due Midnight Sunday
29 Nov


Group Lab 3: Due at Midnight

30 Nov
 Exam Review




1 Dec




2 Dec

Exam 3

5 Dec
Week 16
 Date
Lecture
Topic

Lab
Homework
5 Dec


Group Lab 4: Due Midnight Sunday

6 Dec




7 Dec




8 Dec




9 Dec




12 Dec
Week 17
 Date
Topic
12 Dec
Finals Week
13 Dec
Finals Week
14 Dec
Finals Week
15 Dec
Finals Week
16 Dec
Finals Week

Lab Kit / Equipment List

You will be working with the following item listed below. You may purchase one for yourself, but you will be loaned one for the duration of the course.