Course Intro

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Course Intro Objectives

• Chapter 1

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Lecturers

• Kishore Ramachandran
• rama_at_cc.gatech.edu
• CCB 203
• Office Hours 200 - 245 Tues/Thurs
• System Time Thursday 600 - 730

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Lecturers

• Bill Leahy
• bleahy_at_cc.gatech.edu
• CCB 113
• Office hours
• 1000 - 1100 Mon/Fri
• 130 - 230 Tues/Thurs
• System Time TBA

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Objectives

• To understand the structure and operation of a
  modern computer from the ground up.
• Understand basic hardware concepts digital
  circuits, gates, bits, bytes, number
  representation
• Understand the Von Neumann model and the
  structure and operation of a basic datapath

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Objectives

• Structure and function of machine language
  instructions
• Structure and function of a symbolic assembly
  language
• Basic concepts of computer systems such as the
  runtime stack, simple I/O devices
• Introduce the C language with particular emphasis
  on the underlying assembly and machine language
  as well as interaction with hardware.

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From the course owner...

• "Can't we make this fun?"

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Organization

• Lecture
• Twice a week
• Recitation
• Smaller group with TA
• CoC 17 (sections at 300 and 430)
• CoC 101 (sections at 600)
• Lab
• In CCB 103 (States Cluster)

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Textbooks/Software

• Introduction to Computing Systems 2nd ed
• Will use software that comes with book
• Available also on States Cluster
• Unix for Programmers and Users 3rd ed
• LogicWorks
• PRS Unit
• Programming in Linux Red Hat 9.0

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WebWork

• We will be using WebWork
• http//www.webwork.cc.gatech.edu
• Used for
• Assignment distribution,
• Assignment turnin,
• Assignment retrieval
• Grade display

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Getting a CoC Account

• If you have an active CoC account do nothing!
• Example sk8r.boi_at_cc.gatech.edu
• If you already have a CoC account and it's
  inactive
• You need to go to CNS (CCB 140) and get it
  reactivated
• If you have never had a CoC account request one
  via the web
• http//www.cc.gatech.edu/cns/forms/account_form.ht
  ml

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Evaluation

• Tests
• Labs
• Homeworks
• PRS
• Final

• 30
• 20
• 15
• 5
• _30
• 100

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Tests

• Two tests during lecture
• Tuesday, September 21, 2004
• Tuesday, November 2, 2004

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Labs

• Monday in CCB 103 (300, 430, 600)
• Mix of tutorial and evaluation
• You must attend your scheduled lab
• You should not attend a lab for which you are not
  scheduled

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Homework
Homework 1 is posted on the webpage!

• Roughly 1 per week
• Types of assignments
• Logic Simulation
• Machine Language programming
• Assembly programming
• C programming
• Collaboration is allowed on Homework

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Collaboration

• Collaboration doesn't mean copying.
• Collaboration is working together so that
  everyone learns the material.
• You do not have to collaborate.
• You do not have to show your work to any other
  student.
• Even though it looks like the homework doesn't
  count for many points nothing could be further
  from the truth!
• You cannot and will not do well in lab and on
  tests if you do not have a deep understanding of
  how the homework works and is coded.
• Questions will be taken directly from things
  covered in homework.

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PRS

• Purchase PRS Unit in bookstore
• Enter transmitter number into WebWork
• Will be used for
• Attendance
• Comprehension questions
• Pop quizzes
• Surveys
• Is only anonymous when specifically designated as
  anonymous

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Final

• Cumulative with emphasis on material not covered
  on tests
• Official date to be established later

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Online Resources

• Swiki http//swiki.cc.gatech.edu8080/cs2110/
• Newsgroups
• git.cc.class.cs2110.announce
• git.cc.class.cs2110.homeworks
• git.cc.class.cs2110.labs
• git.cc.class.cs2110.questions

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Approach

• New course
• Eliminate disconnect between ECE2030 and CS2130
• Learn C in context of hardware
• C is not a high level language!
• C is a relatively cross-platform compatible hyper
  assembler!
• Used for systems programming
• Misused by many!
• If you understand the hardware the language loses
  a lot of its black magic!

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An Important Idea

• We will be solving problems that are describable
  in English (or French or Hindi or Farsi or
  Chinese or ...) and using a box filled with
  electrons and magnetism to accomplish the task.
• This is accomplished using a system of well
  defined (sometimes) transformations that have
  been developed over the last 50 years.
• As a whole the process is complex, examined
  individually the steps are simple and
  straightforward

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Making the Electrons Work

• Problems
• Algorithms
• Language
• Machine (ISA) Architecture
• Microarchitecture
• Circuits
• Devices

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Questions?
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Things to do

• Get the textbooks and PRS unit
• Read the first two chapters
• Get a CoC account

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