Computer Science 211: Computer Organization and Architecture

Laboratory Exercises

Computer Science 211 includes weekly laboratory exercises, as described below:
Laboratory
Exercise Title and Description
Lab. 1 Data Representation:
  • on VAX
  • on HP 712
    • Lab. 2 Designing Simple Circuits:
  • Reviewing existing circuit
  • Writing general 3-input circuit
    • Lab. 3 Elementary Circuits and Their Uses:
  • Multiplexers and decoders
  • Comparison of inputs
    • Lab. 4 Microprogramming:
  • Examples
  • Programming Exercise
    • Lab. 5 Elementary C programming:
  • Basic C Syntax
  • Compiling and Running
    • Lab. 6 HP Assembly Language:
  • pc -S, cc -S commands
  • Interpreting assembly code
    • Lab. 7 Code Optimization:
  • Use of Registers
  • Data movements
    • Lab. 8 Additional Optimization: (to be done individually)
  • Elimination of Unnecessary Intermediate Variables
  • Use of Registers
    • Lab. 9 Assembly Language Project: (to be done individually)
  • Writing Assembly Language
  • Table-Lookup and Computation
    • Lab. 10, 11 CISC Machine Level:
  • VAX Examples
  • Comparisons with RISC
    • Lab. 12 Main Memory Structure:
  • Paging
  • Segmentation
    • Lab. 13 Direct Memory Access: An Approach to I/O:
  • Examples
  • Timing Computations
    • Lab. 14 Alternative Architectures:
  • SIMD Architectures
  • MIMD Architectures

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    http://www.math.grin.edu/~walker/courses/211/labs/lab-index.html
    created August 14, 1997
    last revised December 5, 1997