Computer Organization

Notes

• Contact with: kareem.ibrahim@mail.utoronto.ca
• Can miss one quiz
• Can miss one lab
• Must get at least 35% on the final
• Bi-weekly labs checked at tutorials (You have two weeks to work on it)
• Tutorials are given to us
• After submission, TA will interview you, and you must be able to explain your solution

Concepts

Week 1

• Circuit from Logical Expression
• Waveform
• Transistor
• Logic Gates
• Component
• Circuit
  • Logic Zero
  • Logic High

Week 2

• Logisim Evolution
• Karnaugh Map
• Seven Segment Display
• Logic Unit
• ALU
• Flip-Flop
• Finite State Machine
• Processor
• MIPS Assembly
• Minterm
• Maxterm

Week 3

• MUX
• DEMUX
• Encoder
• Decoder
• Half Adder
• Full Adder
• Ripple Carry Adder
• 2’s Complement
• Subtractor
• Comparator

Week 4

• Waveform
• Gate Delay
• Feedback
• Circuit State
• Latches
• Unstable State
• Race Condition
• Clock Signal
• Flip-Flop

Week 5

• Sequential Circuit
• Register
  • Shift Register
  • Load Register
• Counter
  • Ripple Counter
  • Synchronous Counter
  • Counters with Parallel Load
• Finite State Machine
• FSA Unsafe Transition Solutions

Week 6

• Microprocessor
• MIPS

Week 7

• CPU
• Storage Unit
• Register File
• Main Memory
  • SRAM Cell
  • DRAM Cell
• Tri-state Buffer Gate
• Memory Hierarchy as Food
• Program Counter Register
• MIPS Assembly
• Opcode

Week 8

• MIPS Assembly
• ISA
• Microarchitecture
• Computer Architecture

Week 9

• MIPS Assembly
• MIPS Memory Alignment
• MIPS Assembly Program
• Endness

Week 10

• MIPS Arrays
• MIPS Structs
• MIPS String
• Word Padding
• MIPS Functions
• MIPS Nested Functions

Week 11

• Control Unit
• MIPS Control Unit
• Multicycle CPU
• MIPS Multicycle Stages
• MIPS Instruction to Control Signals
• MMIO
• IIO
• System Polling
• System Interrupt
  • Interrupt Handler
    • Polled Handling
    • Vectored Handling
• System Exception
• System Trap
• MIPS Interrupt Handling
• Operating System