ECE4551: Computer Architecture

Course Description

This course focuses on fundamental topics in computer systems and architecture. Emphasis is placed on instruction set architecture, processor architecture, pipelining, pipeline hazards, memory hierarchy, binary linking, exceptional control flow, virtual memory, and system level I/O.

The lab portion of the course will focus on the ARMv6 Instruction Set.

Hostname Table

• Pi Hostname Table

Lab Outline

• Lab 0: Setting up - Introduction to ARM
• Lab 1: Conditional Execution
• Lab 2: Handling Memory
• Lab 3: Functions and Floating Point Instructions
• Lab 4: Using the Pi's GPIO
• Lab 5: Using the Pi's System Timer

Extra Readings

• Introduction to Pipelining
• Introduction to Branch Prediction