cs402 - Introduction to Advanced Studies II - Fall 2015

Syllabus

Homeworks

Make sure you always show your work. This way you may get partial credit in case the final result is wrong. In any event, please try to prove your statement(s).

Computer Architecture Labs

The lab for the Computer Architecture portion of this class is designed around the MIPS architecture. Your textbook ("Computer Organization and Design: the hardware/software interface") covers the MIPS architecture in detail.

Your lab work will be done using SPIM, a MIPS32 simulator. You are required to install the software on your own computer and become familiar with using it. You can download the software and get additional information about the simulator from the official SPIM web page.

Your textbook comes with better SPIM documentation than the one in the original SPIM distribution. You can find the documentation on the companion CD, under Tutorials. For your convenience the same documentation is also available below:

• Assemblers, Linkers, and the SPIM Simulator: An overview and reference manual for spim and the MIPS32 instruction set (Appendix A in the textbook)
• Getting Started with spim: overview of the console version of spim (both Unix and Windows).
• Getting Started with xspim: overview of the X-windows version of spim.
• Getting Starting with PCSpim: overview of the Microsoft Windows version of spim.
• SPIM Command-Line Options: overview of the command line options of spim (all versions).

You are required to print out the lab documentation below, fill out the sections dedicated to your work and then turn it in to your Lab Instructor following the lab schedule outlined in the syllabus:

• Lab1 (Getting Started with SPIM)
• Lab2 (MIPS: The Virtual Machine)
• Lab3 (Control Stuctures in MIPS)
• Lab4 (Register Usage and Procedures)
• Lab5 (Memory Issues)

Programming (Java) Labs

Links to these labs will be posted on the Blackboard.

Links

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