Welcome to CSE 4302 / CSE 5302 / ECE 5402 - Computer Architecture

Course Syllabus

Instructor

• Professor Omer Khan
• Office: ITEB 447
• Email: khan@uconn.edu
• Office Hours: In person after class (for other times, email to setup)

TA

• Hanan Khan
• Email: abdul_hanan_gul.khan@uconn.edu
• Office Hours: Monday and Friday, 1pm-2pm in ITE 430

Announcements

Lectures

• Textbook: Computer Architecture A Quantitative Approach, Fourth Edition
• Lecture 1: Fundamentals of Computer Architecture PDF
  • Reading assignment: Assemblers and Linkers, Why Your Phone is so Fast: The Sports Car vs. The Truck
• Lecture 2: Fundamental Principles PDF
  • Reading assignment: Chapter 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.8, 1.9
• Lecture 3: Instruction Set Architecture PDF
  • Reading assignment: Appendix B
• Lecture 4: Instruction Set Implementations PDF
  • Reading assignment: Appendix B

Programming Assignments (due at start of class - no late submissions will be accepted)

• All programming assignment code materials are provided at GitHub repository: https://github.com/cag-uconn/cse4302

• Introduction to riscv-uconn PDF

• riscv-uconn ISA Encodings PDF

• PA 0: Getting Started with riscy-uconn simulator PDF, SLIDES (due via HuskyCT Sep 2, 2025, 11:59pm EST)

Homeworks (due as indicated below - no late submissions will be accepted)

• Homework 1: PDF (due via HuskyCT on Sep 9, 2025, 11:59pm EST)