Implementing and Simulating Hardware in Computer Architecture Classes

计算机科学(31)本项目涉及对硬件实现和软件体系结构模拟器进行评估和调整，以便在霍普学院计算机科学课程中的两门课程中实施，目前主要以软件为基础。对现场可编程门阵列(FGA)用于计算机组织课程的改编是基于它们在巴克内尔大学的一门电气工程课程和电路手册中的使用。之前在弗吉尼亚大学和加州大学圣地亚哥分校使用SimpleScalar计算机体系结构模拟系统的工作正在缩减，以便在本科生水平上用于霍普学院的计算机组织和计算机体系结构课程。这个项目的智力价值在于，这些系统的实施将为学生提供更多的动手学习，为教师提供可视化演示。预计学生对硬件和模拟环境的接触将增加他们对硬件和软件交互的理解，这些环境通常是本科CS课程中缺少的。另一个成果是开发了新的课堂和实验材料。更广泛的影响包括通过在会议和讲习班上发表论文以及通过访问网页与其他机构分享这笔赠款的材料和经验。

Computer Science (31) This project involves the evaluation and adaptation of hardware implementations and software architecture simulators for implementation in two courses, currently primarily software-based, in the Hope College computer science curriculum. Adaptations of the use of field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) for the computer organization course are based on their use in an electrical engineering course at Bucknell University and in the Circuit Cookbook. Previous work with the SimpleScalar computer architecture simulation system at the University of Virginia and the University of California at San Diego is being scaled down for use at the undergraduate level in Hope College's computer organization and computer architecture courses. The intellectual merit of this project is that the implementation of these systems will provide students with more hands-on learning and faculty with visual demonstrations. It is expected that the students' exposure to hardware and simulation environments, usually missing in undergraduate CS programs, will increase their understanding of hardware and software interactions. Another outcome is the development of new class and lab materials. The broader impact includes the sharing of the materials and experiences from this grant with other institutions through papers at conferences and workshops and via access to web pages.