一、課程說明(Course Desc<x>ription) 
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<br>This course will discuss the basic architecture, organization, and design of a 
<br>modern computer system. The contents cover instruction sets, computer
<br>arithmetic, processor core and pipelining, caches, virtual memories,
<br>and parallel processors. We will demo and experiment each concept on a
<br>RISC-V core (https://riscv.org).
<br>Students are assumed to have taken courses on logic 
<br>design (Verilog) and programming in C/C++.
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<br>二、指定用書(Text Books) 
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<br>* David A. Patterson & John. L. Hennessy, Computer Organization and Design RISC-V Edition -- The Hardware/Software Interface", 1st Ed., 2017, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers. (Available at a price of approximately NT$1500)
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<br>or 
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<br>* David A. Patterson & John. L. Hennessy, Computer Organization and Design -- 
<br>  The Hardware/Software Interface", 5th Ed., (Asian Edition), 2015, Elsevier Taiwan LLC. 
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<br>三、參考書籍(References) 
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<br>* William Stallings, "Computer Organization and architecture -- Designing for 
<br>  performance", 10th Ed., 2016, Pearson 
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<br>* Behrooz Parhami, "Computer Architecture", 2005, Oxford University Press 
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<br>四、教學方式(Teaching Method) 
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<br>* 3-hour lecture per week.  
<br>* 1-hour for quiz or lab per week
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<br>五、教學進度(Syllabus) 
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<br>Chapter 1 Computer Abstractions and Technology
<br>Chapter 2 Instructions: Language of the Computer
<br>Chapter 3 Arithmetic for Computers 
<br>Chapter 4 The Processor 
<br>Chapter 5 Large and Fast: Exploiting Memory Hierarchy
<br>Chapter 6 Parallel Processors from Client to Cloud
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<br>六、成績考核(Evaluation) 
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<br>* Quiz 15%
<br>* Programming assignment 25% (~4-5 assignments)
<br>* Midterm exam 30%
<br>* Final exam 30%.
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<br>七、可連結之網頁位址
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<br>http://www1.ee.nthu.edu.tw/ee345000/