Assignments 2015

Assignments in 2015

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List of assignments

Issue date and deadline	Assignment	Skills required
1 Oct — 17 Oct	A1: Implementation of functional memory model In this assignment you will implement the main interfaces of the functional memory. They include initialization from a MIPS executable file in the ELF format, reading/writing data and others.	Programming technology: Read about Revision control and Git. Read first two chapters of "Teach Yourself C++" by Herbert Schildt: 1. An Overview of C++ 2. Introducing Classes
10 Nov - 28 Nov	A2: MIPS Disassembler In this assignment you will implement a static disassembler of main MIPS instructions (objdump). Instructions are read from memory model same as you made in A1.	Theory: Read about MIPS instruction subset used in our project. Read informantion about MIPS register file structure. Programming language skills: Revise C-style unions and bit structures from classic K&R book Read next chapters of "Teach Yourself C++" by Herbert Schildt: 3. A Closer Look at Classes. 4. Arrays, Pointers, and References. 5. Function Overloading. 6. Introducing Operator Overloading.
19 Dec — 29 Feb	A3: Single-cycle implementation In this assignment you will implement a simpliest simulator of MIPS CPU. Instructions are read from memory model same as you made in A1, and decoded by disassembler same to A2.	Theory: Revise materials of L7 lecture and P3 practicum (next lectures) Programming technology skills: Revise C-style pointers to functions from classic K&R book Read our guide to Makefiles.
21 Feb — 13 Mar	A4: Pipelined implementation In this assignment you will upgrade our single-cycle implementation to scalar MIPS simulator with constant latency for instruction execution.	Theory: Revise materials of L8 lecture and P3 practicum Programming technology skills: Read our guide to ports library.