ICOM 4215 – Computer Architecture

Thomas L. Noack
Office: S-405, Tel. X3652
noack@ece.uprm.edu

 

Class News

·        ICOM 4215 project due dates for this week are delayed until next week due to a rash of items suddenly rescheduled due to the paro or the phase of the moon

Class Information

  • Course Outline and Schedule
  • Daily index of lecture topics and slides (These dates are not yet current)
  • Course policies
  • Significant dates
    • Simulating the Manchester Baby – October 1 – this is a change  (HLL and LogicWorks)
      baby's bobo – a sample program in assembler (not yet assembled into binary/hex)
    • Exam I – September 29 – 7:30-9:30 pm – S-227 review answers (Fall 2009)
    • Requirements and definition report – Nov 3 (Include this with Organization and architecture  report
    • Exam II – October 13  review answers (Spring 2009)  - it never happened and never will
    • Organization and architecture  report – Nov 3
    • Circuit diagrams and/or microcode – Nov 24
    • Exam III – November 17  review answers (Fall 2009)
      answers (Spring 2009)
    • Final report and happy hour – Week of Dec 8
    • Final exam review (will be revised again) – students know the date – faculty do not know yet

Class and Office Hours (Fall 2009)

Section 036 – S203                                          Class picture
Tuesday, Thursday  9:00 – 10:15 am

Section 116 – S207                                          Class picture
Tuesday, Thursday  5:00 – 6:15 pm

Office Hours
Tuesday, Thursday 1:45 pm  – 5:00 pm
Also I am often available in the universal hour (10:30 am – 12:30 pm)
 
(for in-office consultation I suggest calling on X3652 or emailing and will normally see you any time I am in the office).  I will answer questions after class or between classes in the classroom, but not when it interferes with the next class given by another professor.

email me (I am easily available by email, even at odd times such as evenings and weekends)

Supplementary Information

Project Specification

Class project (the fall 2009 project is here)

Laboratory Resources

Open laboratories - 

    • Incadel (S-105)  LogicWorks