CS2011, C Term 2001

Introduction to Machine Organization and Assembly Language

Teaching Staff

Instructor: Janet E. Burge

Email: jburge@cs.wpi.edu
Office: FL 144
Office hours: M: 1-2, Tu: 9-10,  Th: 9-10, 1-2

TAs:

        TA Office Hours:  FL A20 (Sub-basement)

        Andrei Dancus

             Office Hours:  Tu: 2-4, W: 4-5, Th: 2-4

        Chris Shoemaker

              Office Hours:  M: 11-12, W: 9-12, Th: 4-5

Lectures

MTRF/12:00 - 12:50 in SL115. You should bring your text-book (Irvine) to lectures.

Labs

Important: You must attend the lab section you are registered in!  Lab space is limited. You will not be given credit for a lab done in a section other than the one you are registered for!

Section C01: 3:00    Higgins Labs, 230
Section C02: 12:00  Washburn, 216
Section C03: 1:00    Washburn, 216
Section C04: 2:00    Higgins Labs, 230
Section C05: 8:00    Kaven, 202

Note that Lab sections are not in order! 

Be sure to bring the following to lab:

• Your text-book (Irvine)
• A floppy disk in case you wish to save your program for future reference
• A pen or pencil

You will need a Novell account!

Mailing Lists

• Class mailing list: cs2011@cs.wpi.edu. All mail sent to this address will go to the entire class. You should be subscribed to this list automatically after registering for the course, if not contact the professor.
  
• Prof/TA mailing list: cs2011_ta@cs.wpi.edu. This list will reach the professor and the TAs. This is the list you should use for course-related questions. This will probably elicit a faster response than if you send only to the professor or an individual TA.

Textbook

Required:

K.R. Irvine Assembly Language for Intel-Based Computers, 3rd edition, Prentice Hall, 2000

R.Hyde The Art of Assembly Language Programming http://webster.cs.ucr.edu/Page_asm/ArtOfAsm.html

Recommended

A.S. Tanenbaum, Structured Computer Organization, 4th Edition, Prentice Hall, 2000

-- the book is recommended, not required, because only parts of it will be used. This does not mean you will not need it! Several copies (most of an older edition) will be on reserve at the library.

Web page: http://cw.prenhall.com/bookbind/pubbooks/tanenbaum2/chapter0/deluxe.html

You can get copies of all the figures from the web page.

Grading

Course grading will be based on the following:

• Two Exams worth 25% each -- 50%
• Six Homework Assignments worth 7% each, lowest grade dropped -- 35%
• Six Laboratory Assignments worth 2% each, lowest grade dropped -- 10%
• In-Class Exercises - 5% total, lowest grade dropped -- 5%

A passing grade on the exams will be needed to pass the course. The exam pass threshold will not be determined until after the final exams are graded.

Homework is due at the START of the class period on the day that it is due. All homework and exams will be returned during the following laboratory session (at the soonest). If homework can not be picked up during the lab, it should be picked up from the TA assigned to your lab during his office hours.

C01 (3:00):   Andrei
C02 (12:00): Andrei
C03 (1:00):   Chris
C04 (2:00):   Andrei
C05 (8:00):   Chris

Note: Because the lowest homework and lab scores will be dropped, make-up lab sessions will not be offered under any circumstances and late homework will not be accepted. Homework submitted at the end of class rather than the start is considered late! Make-up exams will only be offered in case of serious health-related emergencies, and only with appropriate documentation signed by a medical doctor.

Useful Links

• Using TASM

Syllabus

Some deviations from this schedule may occur. This is especially true for the recommended readings -- additional readings from the Tannenbaum text may be added.

The reading table indicates which books the reading is from as follows: (I) is Irvine, (T) is Tannenbaum, and (AoA) is Art of Assembly.

Date	Topic	Reading	Due
1/11	Introduction	1 (I)
1/12	Numbering Systems	Appendix A (I) 1.1 - 1.4 (AoA)
1/15	Representing Information: Signed and Unsigned Numbers	1.7, 1.8, 1.10 (AoA) Appendix  B (T)
1/16	Floating Point Numbers	14.1, 14.2 (AoA) Appendix B (T)
1/17	Lab 1: Using Debug
1/18	Computer Architecture (includes the Simpletron)	2 (I)
1/19	Machine Code Programming   (how to do homework 2!)	15.2 (I)  (not the best explanation...)	Homework 1
1/22	Assembly Language Programs Using TASM Data Movement Instructions	3.1 - 3.4 (I) Appendix D (I) 3.6 (I)
1/23	Linking separate files CMP, Conditional Jumps High Level Logic Structures	9.4 (I)   6.1 - 6.2 (I) 6.4 (I)
1/24	Lab 2:  Using TASM
1/25	Arithmetic Instructions Overflow MUL/DIV instructions	3.7 (I) 7.4(I)
1/26	LOOP, JMP	4.3, 6.3 (I)	Homework 2
1/29	Addressing: Immediate, Direct, Indirect	3.8, 4.4 (I)
1/30	Addressing:  Displacement, Indexed
1/31	Lab 3: Indirect Addressing
2/1	DOS and BIOS Service Calls   File Processing	5.4 - 5.7 (I)   12.1 - 12.3 (I)
2/2	Stack	5.1 - 5.3 (I)	Homework 3
2/5	Catch-Up/Review
2/6	** Midterm Exam ** Sample Midterm
2/7	Lab 4: DOS and BIOS Calls
2/8	Subroutines, Parameter Passing, Binary/ASCII conversion	9.3.1 - 9.3.2 (I) 9.6 - 9.7 (I)
2/9	Recursion   Shift  instructions	5.8 (I)  7.1 (I)	Homework 4
2/12	C++/Assembler Interface	9.3.6, 9.4, 13.1, 13.3 (I)
2/13	Boolean Algebra   Boolean Instructions	2.1 - 2.4 (AoA)   6.1 (I)
2/14	Lab 5:   C++/Assembler Interface Lab 5 .cpp file
2/15	Advising Appointment Day
2/16	Equivalent Circuits Karnaugh Maps	2.5 (AoA)   3.1 (T)	Homework 5
2/19	Combinational Circuits	2.6, 2.7 (AoA)   3.2 (T)
2/20	Sequential Circuits Memory	3.3 (T)
2/21	Lab 6: Adders lab6.asm
2/22	Intro to Microprogramming	class handout
2/23	Sample Microarchitecture		Homework 6
2/26	More Microprogramming
2/27	Catch-Up/Review
2/28	Help Sessions - FL A20
3/1	** Final Exam ** Sample Final

Academic Honesty

• All assignments (labs, homework) must be performed individually. Students may ask general questions of each other but should not see each other's homework assignments under any circumstances.
  
• Exams will be closed book with one 8 1/2 sheet of notes. No calculators.
  
• Cheating will not be tolerated. Any homework not performed individually is considered an academic honesty violation. Violators will receive an NR for the course and will be reported to the WPI Judicial Board. See the Academic Honesty Policy. If cheating is suspected, a photocopy of the homework will be returned to the student. The instructor will examine the homework and if it is deemed to not have been done individually, the instructor will meet with the student before computing final grades for the course. If the instructor feels that cheating has not occurred, the student will be notified as soon as the assessment has been made.