CS341 Computer Organization				Spring 1996

Section: CCX2A 

Lecture: Tue. Thur. 3:30 - 4:45pm (NSB B141)

Instructor: Dr. Bon Sy, Graduate Center (GC) Rm 1208, Queens College (QC) 
		NSB A104.

Phone numbers: 
@Graduate Center: 212-642-2219 (or 2201)
@Queens College: 718-997-3477 

E-mail: bon3@qcvaxa.acc.qc.edu

Office hrs: Thur. 5:00 - 6:00pm at QC, or by appointment.

Brief course description

1. Orientation; Digitial Logic Circuits
2. Digital Components 
3. Data Representation
4. Register Transfer and Microoperations 
5. Basic Computer Organization and Design

Remark: We will spend approximately 1.5 weeks on each topic.

Research topics:

1. System Buses (PCI, extra credits: VESA, ISA, ESIA)
2. Internal Memory (DRAM, extra credits: VDRAM)
3. External Memory (Magnetic disk, CD, OD)
4. Input/Output
5. CPU Structure and Function (486, Pentium, PowerPC)
6. RISC and CISC
7. Peripheral interface and augmentative device

About 3.5 weeks will be allocated for the discussion of the topics listed 
above. About 2 weeks will be allocated for the term project presentation.

Grades:

2 homework assignemt @ 10% each
1 mid-term @ 20%
1 research paper (and presentation) @ 20% 
1 term project @ 20%
1 final exam @ 20%

Additional assignments that may reward extra credits towards the
final grade will also be assigned on a weekly basis.

Text book:
Computer System Architecture, (latest edition) by Mano, M. Morris, 
Prentice Hall.

References:
Computer Organization and Architecture, (4th edition) by William Stallings, 
Prentice Hall.

Supplementary documents:
1. Hypertext document courseware (http://bonnet1.cs.qc.edu)
2. VMS Documentation by Queens College Academic Computer Center, as 
	well as the brief manual for VMS notes.

Computer system: QCVAX                     
A computer account on QCVAX will be made available to you upon a proper 
registration. You can use this account for course enquiry, and to 
receive your grades as well as to receive the most up-to-date information 
about the course.

Important dates to remember:

02/13/96: No class (follow Monday schedule).
02/28/96: Beginning of P/NC
03/21/96: Release first homework
03/28/96: First homework due, Mid-term (tentative)
04/09/96: Last day for P/NC
04/09/96 - 04/30/96: Research paper discussion
05/02/96 - 05/16/96: Term project presentation
05/14/96: Release second homework (tentative)
05/21/96: Review, Second homework due.

All assignments must be YOUR OWN EFFORT and submitted on time. Late 
submission without prior permission will not be graded. 

Cheating in the course will result in at least a "F" grade for the course
and a charge in the student discipline court which could lead to a college 
expulsion.