====== COMPUTER ORGANIZATION  ======



===== Description  =====

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CSE2021 is a unique course in that it bridges the gap between software (S/W) and hardware (H/W) and exposes the roles played by the operating system (O/S) and the digital logic (D/L) circuits. It relies on a hierarchy of abstractions to present the material in layers, switching roles from "using" to "implementing" at every stage. It follows the journey of instructions from high-level to assembly and machine code, through RAM and caches, to the the CPU's datapath and control. The lecture coverage is augmented by labs that provide hands-on experience in MIPS and Verilog.





===== Instructor & Office Hours=====
  * <hi>Professor: H. Roumani</hi> -- [[http://www.cse.yorku.ca/~roumani|Home Page]]
  * Lectures: Thu 7-10 pm in CLH-H
  * Office Hours: After lecture or by appointment.

  * TA for Monday's Lab Sessions: Hoang Lan Nguyen (''lan'' at cse)
  * TA for Tuesday's Lab Sessions: Shakil Khan  (''skhan'' at cse)
  * TA for the In-Class Tests: Hoda Dehmeshki  (''hoda'' at cse)

===== Textbooks =====
**Required** (available in the bookstore and on reserve in Steacie):
  * //Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware / Software Interface, 3rd edition// by D. Patterson and J. Hennessy, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers (2005), ISBN 1-55860-604-1.


**References**:
  * //Structured Computer Organization, 5th edition,// by Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Prentice Hall (2006)

  * //MIPS RISC Architecture//, by G. Kane & J. Heinrich, Prentice Hall (1992)

  * //Computer Organization, 5th Edition,// by V.C. Hamacher, Z.G. Vranesic & S.G. Zaky, McGraw-Hill (2002)

  * //Computer Organization and Architecture: Designing for Performance, 7th edition, // by William Stallings, Prentice Hall (2006) 





===== Teaching Assistants =====

  * Shakil Khan, <skhan> 
  * Hoang Lan Nguyen, <lan>

Add ''@cse.yorku.ca'' to the email address in the angle brackets.