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--- foundational_concepts [2007/09/04 22:23] – roumani
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 ====== Foundational Concepts ======
-This lecture covers //four// major topics: The Course, Launch-to-Execution, Performance, and the CPU.
+This lecture covers //three// major topics: The Big Picture (how this course fits in CSE), the Software-Hardware Interface (the Source-to-Execution Journey), and Performance (barriers and innovations).
 ===== Outline =====
-  * The Big-Picture view from 40,00 feet
+  * The view from 40,00 feet
-  * A Journey through Abstractions
+  * A journey through abstractions
   * The software part and the O/S
   * The hardware part and the architecture
-  * Performance Terms
+  * Performance terms
   * Performance drivers
-  * A day in the life of a CPU
-  * LMC
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   * The ISA
-  * The role of the O/S
+  * The role of system software (compiler and O/S)
   * The von Neumann Architecture
+  * The Fetch-Execute Cycle
   * Latency versus Throughput and Speedup
+  * Size, Heat, and Speed
+  * Buffering, Caching, and Pipelining
   * Moore's Law
-  * Size, heat, and speed
-  * Buffering and Caching
-  * The Fetch-Execute Cycle
-  * Registers and Addressability
+===== Slides from Lecture =====
+[[http://www.cse.yorku.ca/~roumani/course/2021/bigPicture.pdf|The Big Picture]]
+[[http://www.cse.yorku.ca/~roumani/course/2021/theInterface.pdf|The Software-Hardware Interface]]
+[[http://www.cse.yorku.ca/~roumani/course/2021/performance.pdf|  Performance]]
+===== To Do =====
+  * Read Chapter 1 of our textbook
+  * Do the Drep Homework in the Calendar. Use the //Discussion Group// if you have questions or encounter problems.
+  * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Neumann_architecture|The von Neumann Architecture]]. //Optional//
+  * [[http://www.ubiq.com/hypertext/weiser/SciAmDraft3.html|Ubiquitous Computing]]. //Optional//
-===== Assigned Readings =====
-  * Chapter 1 of our textbook
-  * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Neumann_architecture|The von Neumann Architecture]]
-  * [[http://www.ubiq.com/hypertext/weiser/SciAmDraft3.html|Ubiquitous Computing]]
-  * LMC: Familiarize yourself with its instructions and programming. Here is a [[http://www.herts.ac.uk/ltdu/projects/mm5/|demo]]  from the University of Herfordshire, UK; an [[http://www.acs.ilstu.edu/faculty/javila/lmc/|applet]] that simulates the LMC from Illinois State University, USA; and two articles that describe it from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_man_computer|Wikipedia]] and [[http://isedj.org/isecon/2001/12c/ISECON.2001.Yurcik.pdf|ISECON]].