
	CSEE W3827 Fundamentals of Computer Systems Summer 2017

Lectures

Class meets Mondays and Wednesdays, 1:00 - 4:00 PM, May 22 - June 28 in 627 Mudd.

Staff

Name	Email	Office hours	Location
Prof. Stephen A. Edwards	sedwards@cs.columbia.edu	by appointment	462 CSB
Gabrielle Taylor	gat2118@columbia.edu	2-4 Tue	TA Room, 1st Floor Mudd
Zane Zemboain	zzz2113@columbia.edu	12-1 Sun; 5:30-6:30 Wed	TA Room, 1st Floor Mudd

Overview

This course examines how the 1s and 0s that form the foundation of digital computing are organized, structured, and manipulated to produce full-fledged computer systems. In bridging this gap, the course will cover many subjects beginning with binary logic, combinatorial and sequential circuit design, memory structures, instruction set architectures, and, ultimately, basic processor design.

Prerequisites

An introductory programming course, such as COMS 1004 or 1007. You need to understand the basics of imperative, sequential programming to understand the assembly language programming we will discuss.

Schedule

Date	Lecture	Reading	Due
Mon May 22	Representing Numbers Boolean Logic	1.4 1.5,2.1-2.7
Wed May 24	Combinational Logic	2.8,2.9,5.2
Wed May 31	Sequential Logic	3.1-3.3,3.5
Fri Jun 2	Finite State Machines Transistors	3.4	HW 1
Mon Jun 5	Memory Elements	5.5
Wed Jun 7	The MIPS Instruction Set The SPIM Simulator	6.1-6.7
Mon Jun 12	MIPS Microarchitecture	7.1-7.3	HW 2
Wed Jun 14	A Multicycle MIPS Processor	7.4
Mon Jun 19	Pipelining MIPS	7.5
Wed Jun 21	Caches	8.3
Mon Jun 26	Final Review		HW 3 strspn.s eval.s
Wed Jun 28	Exam

Logisim

For some of the homework assignments, you will need to use Logisim, which runs on many platforms. Download it here.

MIPS Resources

Optional Text

David Harris and Sarah Harris.
Digital Design and Computer Architecture.
Morgan-Kaufmann, Second Edition, 2012.

A perfect fit for our class, half of this book is devoted to classical digital logic design; the other half to processor architecture centered on the practical, but teachable, MIPS processor.

Cover of Digital Design and Computer Architecture

Homework

Each homework assignment is due at at the beginning of lecture on the due date. Late submissions will not be accepted.
You may discuss homework problems with your classmates, but your work must ultimately be your own.
Write the names of any collaborators at the top of your submission.

Grading

40% Homeworks

60% Final

Academic Honesty Policy

You may discuss homework problems with your classmates, but you must write up your solution independently and understand it. Students turning in copied homeworks will be referred to the dean. See the Columbia CS department academic policies for more details.