EEEN 301 (2024) - Home Page
Welcome to EEEN 301.
This page provides information about the course, and will be updated as the course proceeds. Students enrolled in EEEN301 should visit this page regularly to ensure that they are aware of the information available here. If you find errors, note omissions, or have any other comments regarding these pages, please contact Hamish Colenso (
hamish.colenso@vuw.ac.nz).
Course Outline
https://ecs.wgtn.ac.nz/Courses/EEEN301_2024T1/CourseOutline
Lecture/tutorial times
Tuesday Lecture 15:10 - 16:00, KK202, Kelburn
Thursday Lecture 15:10 - 16:00, KK204, Kelburn
Friday Tutorial 15:10 - 16:00, KK204, Kelburn (not normally used as we reinforce the lecture material in the labs).
Note: All lectures will be recorded and then stored in Nuku. However, we strongly encourage attendance as then you will be able to participate in discussions and demonstrations.
Lab times
All labs will be in Cotton 249 and they will start on the week beginning 4th March.
One 3 hour lab session has been allocated for EEEN301: Wednesdays 14:00 - 17:00
Please note that only the first 2 hours will be supervised [Provided I can secure a tutor].
Course plan
EEEN301 Plan for 2024.pdf
First assignment -- release end of week 5 (due end of week 6, after the mid-trimester break)
Test 1 in week 8, 15:00 - 16:00 Tuesday 30th April in KK202 (in person, answer book for handwritten answers). You will be allowed 1 double sided A4 sheet of paper worth of notes.
Second assignment — release end of week 10 (due end of week 12)
Test 2 in exam period. Again, you will be allowed 1 double sided A4 sheet of paper worth of notes.
Notices
Test 1 Reading List
Reading list:
- Computer Organisation and Design by Patterson and Hennessy
- Section 2.22 Architecture background (pages 173.e1 -> 173.e3)
- Section 2.3 Operands of the Computer Hardware and the Hardware/Software Interface (pages 67 -> 73)
- Section 2.5 LEGv8 Assembly Instructions (pages 82 -> 88)
- Section 2.8 Procedures (pages 100 -> 110)
- The LEGv8 Single-Cycle Datapath (pages 256 -> 281)
- The LEGv8 Pipelined Datapath (pages 283 -> 304)
Office hours / AMA time
I'll run office hours / ask me anything regarding EEEN301 time on Mondays and Tuesdays from 10 am until 11 am.
Important notices will appear here!
There will not be any tutorials at this moment. However, we will have some mini-tutorials in the labs.
