CS/ECE 252 Introduction to Computer Engineering Spring 2007 Sections 1 and 2 Instructor Mark D. Hill and TAs Marc de Kruijf & Sanghamitra Roy URL: http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~markhill/cs252/Spring2007/

Homework 1 // Due at Lecture Wed Jan 31

Let ItCS stand for your textbook Patt and Patel's Introduction to Computing Systems.

You may do this homework in a group of two students from the same 252 section and turn in one solution at lecture with BOTH students names at the top.

First contact for questions is TA Marc de Kruijf at: dekruijf@cs.wisc.edu

Problem 1

What is the web address of the course home page?

Problem 2

What is the email address of the course mailing list (should be in the "To:" field of any correspondences you receive)?

Problem 3

Problem 1.2 on page 17 of ItCS.

Problem 4

Problem 1.8 on page 18 of ItCS.

Problem 5

Problem 1.13 on page 19 of ItCS. "Explain" your result rather than "prove" it.

Problem 6

Name two different Instruction Set Architectures (ISAs).

Problem 7

Why are you taking this course and what do you hope to get out of it? (No wrong answers.)