一、課程說明(Course Description)
<br>To understand how a computer system work. Emphasis will be placed on
<br>1. What characterizes the performance of a computer
<br>2. Instruction set design 
<br>3. Basic building blocks: I/O, Memory, Datapath, Control
<br>4. Pipelined datapath
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<br> 二、指定用書(Text Books)
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<br>P.A.Patterson and J.L. Hennessy, Computer Organization and Design:
<br>The Hardway/Software Interface, fourth Ed., Morgah Kauffmann, 2010.
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<br> 三、參考書籍(References)
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<br> 四、教學方式(Teaching Method)
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<br>本課程將採取翻轉式教學：
<br>1、學生將透過網路，預先觀看教學投影片。
<br>2、上課時間同學對觀看投影片不瞭解部分，提出問題，老師回答。
<br>3、小組討論。
<br>4、老師與同學，再透過互動，解答不瞭解的內容。
<br>5、小測驗。
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<br> 五、教學進度(Syllabus)
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<br>Course outlines
<br>1: Computer abstractions and technology
<br>2: The role of performance
<br>3: Instructions: language of the machine
<br>4: Arithmetic for computers
<br>5: The processor: datapath and control
<br>6: Enhancing performance with pipelining
<br>7: Large and fast: exploiting memory hierarchy
<br>8: Interfacing processors and peripherals
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<br> 六、成績考核(Evaluation)
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<br>小測驗及作業 30%
<br>期末project 10%
<br>期中考 30%
<br>期末考 30%
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<br> 七、可連結之網頁位址
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<br>1. 課程相關資料 
<br>   http://cs.nthu.edu.tw/~tingting/course/cs4100.html
<br>2. 清華大學開放式課程(OpenCourseWare OCW)，觀看課程錄影 
<br>   http://ocw.nthu.edu.tw/ocw/index.php?page=course&cid=76&
<br>3. Sharecourse，觀看課程錄影
<br>   http://www.sharecourse.net/sharecourse/course/view/courseInfo/26
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