Implementing and Simulating Hardware in Computer Architecture Classes

计算机科学（31）这个项目涉及硬件实现和软件架构模拟器的评估和适应，用于在希望学院计算机科学课程中的两门课程中实现，目前主要是基于软件的。 现场可编程门阵列（FPGA）用于计算机组织课程的适应是基于它们在巴克内尔大学电气工程课程和电路食谱中的使用。 弗吉尼亚大学和加州大学圣地亚哥分校以前使用SimpleScalar计算机体系结构模拟系统的工作正在缩小规模，以便在霍普学院的计算机组织和计算机体系结构课程的本科阶段使用。这个项目的智力价值是，这些系统的实施将为学生提供更多的动手学习和教师与视觉演示。 预计学生接触本科CS课程中通常缺失的硬件和模拟环境将增加他们对硬件和软件交互的理解。 另一个成果是开发新的课程和实验室材料。更广泛的影响包括通过会议和讲习班上的论文以及通过访问网页与其他机构分享该赠款的材料和经验。

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.