General Information
| Type | Day | Time | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | Monday, Wednesdayy | 3:00 pm - | 4:15 pm | in Innovation Hall 204 |
| Lab Hours with TA | Monday | 11:00 am - | 1:00 pm | in ENGR 3208 |
| Wednesday | 11:00 am - | 1:00 pm | in ENGR 3208 | |
Documents
Instructor
Dr. Jens-Peter Kaps
Office: Engineering Building, Room 3222
Email: jkaps'at'gmu.edu
Office Hours
- Monday 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
- Thursday 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Additional office hours are by appointment only (see the Contact page for how to setup an appointment).
Teaching Assistant
| Name | Phone | Office | Office Hours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abirami Prabhakaran | aprabak'at'gmu.edu | 3-1561 | ENGR-3208 | by appointment |
Textbook
Computer Organization and Design, The Hardware / Software Interface by David A. Patterson and John L. Hennessy, Morgan Kaufmann; revised 3rd edition, 2007, ISBN: 978-0-12-370606-5.
The new 4th edition from 2009, ISBN: 978-0-12-374493-7, restructured the material, shortened the chapter on performance, threw out a chapter on Multi-cycle datapath that we are using in class, but added new interesting things on multicore and multiprocessor systems. I have not checked it for errors. If you buy this book, it is your responsibility to match the reading assignments to the chapters of the 3rd revised edition.
The old 3rd edition from 2005, ISBN: 978-1-55860-604-3, contains many errors. If you buy this one it is your responsibility to make sure that the errors do not create wrong results in assignments.
Recommended BooksFundamentals of Digital Logic with VHDL Design with CD-ROM by Stephen Brown, Zvonko Vranesic, McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math; 3rd edition (April, 2009), ISBN 978-0-07-722143-0. This is currently the textbook for ECE 331.
Introduction to Computing Systems: From Bits & Gates to C & Beyond by Yale N. Patt and Sanjay J. Patel, McGraw-Hill; 2nd edition, 2004, ISBN: 978-0-07-246750-9. This is currently the textbook for CS 367.