COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
Spring Semester 2001

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE - Spring 2001 Programming Assignments
(NOTE: Additional guidelines for each program will be provided in class.)

1. Prog #1: MACHINE WORDS AND MEMORY ORGANIZATION
   Write a program in ANSI C (not C++) that does the following:
   • Create an array of characters 16 char's long. Use char[]
   • Input a string using less than 16 chars with scanf()
   • Pass this array to a function that will print out
     • each character
     • it's decimal value
     • it's hexadecimal value
     • it's binary equivalent
     • it's memory address
     
     For each array position (all 16) put the above five values on the same line, separated by spaces.
   • Now pass this array to a function that will receive it as an int array (no pointers needed). Print out:
     • each integer in decimal
     • it's hexadecimal value
     • it's binary equivalent
     • it's memory address
     
     For each array position (just 8) put the above four values on the same line, separated by spaces.
   • Now pass this array to a function that will receive it a float array (no pointers). Print out:
     • each float
     • it's hexadecimal value
     • it's binary equivalent
     • it's memory address
     
     For each array position (just 4) put the above four values on the same line, separated by spaces.
   • Explain and analyze the results, including using the binary representation of
     short int to show how to get the decimal equivalent.
   • Challenge - Try running the same program on some other platform such as a Macintosh or Silicon Graphics and see if the results differ.
   
   
2. PROG #2: TBA