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 modern computer system. The 
<br>contents cover instruction sets, computer arithmetic, processor core and pipelining, caches, virtual 
<br>memories, and parallel processors. Students are assumed to have taken courses on logic design and 
<br>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 
<br>Hardware/Software Interface", 1st Ed., 2017, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers.
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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", 9th Ed., 2013, 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.
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<br>五、教學進度(Syllabus)
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<br>The lectures will be offered by two professors:
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<br>Part I: The Core Concepts on Computer Abstractions and Technology   
<br>        (a)Basic introduction   
<br>        (b)Instructions: Language of the Machine    
<br>        (c)Arithmetic for Computers
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<br>Part II: Computer organization and design
<br>        (a)Basic processor design: Datapath and Control    
<br>        (b)Enhancing Performance with Pipelining    
<br>        (c)Large and Fast: Exploiting Memory Hierarchy    
<br>        (d)Multi-cores and Multiprocessors*
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<br>六、成績考核(Evaluation)
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<br>Programming Assignments	30%
<br>Homework and Quiz	10%
<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>NTHU EEClass and Teams