CSE345 — Computer Architecture and Assembly Language (CAAL) | IBA Karachi

This repository contains my collected course resources for CSE345: Computer Architecture and Assembly Language (CAAL) at Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi.

It includes:

• lecture material (multiple instructors)
• book chapters + solutions
• assignments (problem statements + submissions where available)
• complete lab series (handouts, code/text solutions, submissions, final exam + viva prep)
• quizzes and quiz practice

Maintained by: Zuha Aqib (IBA Karachi)

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Table of Contents

• Repository Purpose
• What’s Inside
• Quick Links
• Repository Structure
• Lectures (by instructor/source)
• Labs (index)
• Assignments (index)
• Quizzes
• Notes

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Repository Purpose

CAAL is a course where your understanding improves a lot when you can quickly find:

• the exact lecture slide / book chapter for a topic
• practice material (quizzes + assignments)
• lab handouts and working solutions
• exam/viva prep documents

This repo is organized to keep those paths short and predictable.

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What’s Inside

Core Topics Covered (by the material in this repo)

You’ll find content commonly associated with CAAL, including:

• CPU datapath and control (unpipelined vs pipelined)
• hazards (data hazards and handling)
• memory hierarchy and caching (assignments)
• virtual memory & page tables (notes + diagrams)
• ISA fundamentals (RISC-style) + RISC-V reference spec
• assembly-level problem solving (labs + assignments)

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Quick Links

• Book + solutions: book/
• Lectures (book chapters/slides): lectures_-_book/, lectures_-_zainuddin/
• Lecture notes/diagrams (Salman Zafar): lectures_-_salman_zafar/
• Handwritten class notes: class_notes/
• Labs (full series): labs_-_mehwish_zafar/
• Lab final exam + viva prep:
  • labs_-_mehwish_zafar/lab_final_exam/
  • labs_-_mehwish_zafar/lab_final_viva/
• Assignments:
  • assignments_-_salman_zafar/
  • assignments_-_zainuddin/
• Quizzes + quiz practice: quizzes/
• Marks sheet: CAAL-Marks.xlsx

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Repository Structure

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├── .gitattributes
├── CAAL-Marks.xlsx
├── assignments_-_salman_zafar/
├── assignments_-_zainuddin/
├── book/
├── class_notes/
├── labs_-_mehwish_zafar/
├── lectures_-_book/
├── lectures_-_salman_zafar/
├── lectures_-_zainuddin/
└── quizzes/

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Lectures (by instructor/source)

Book + reference material

• book/

  • CAAL_-_book.pdf
  • CAAL_-_book_solutions_-_all.pdf
  • CAAL_-_book_solutions_-_even.pdf
  • riscv-v-spec-0.10.pdf (RISC-V reference)

Book chapter slides/notes

• lectures_-_book/ Chapters and appendix material in both PDF and PPTX (DDCArv_*).

Slides (Zainuddin)

• lectures_-_zainuddin/ Lecture slide decks (Lecture1.pptx … Lecture6.pptx).

Topic-focused notes/diagrams (Salman Zafar)

• lectures_-_salman_zafar/ Includes diagrams and notes (pipeline datapath, page tables, hazards, midterm solution snippets, etc.).

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Labs (index)

All labs are under: labs_-_mehwish_zafar/

Regular labs

• lab01/ → lab11/ Each lab folder typically includes:
• lab handout (CAAL_-_lab_X.pdf)
• solution (_solution.txt or _solution.pdf)
• my submission (_zuha_aqib_26106.pdf/.docx)
• sometimes code snippets (_code.txt) and sample tasks

Lab notes

• lab_notes/ Consolidated notes for selected labs.

Final lab exam + viva

• lab_final_exam/

  • exam paper(s)
  • reference text/code files used in exam practice

• lab_final_viva/

  • viva preparation document

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Assignments (index)

Salman Zafar assignments

Path: assignments_-_salman_zafar/

• hw1_p1/, hw1_p2/ (early assignments + diagrams)
• hw2/ … hw5/ (problem statements + submissions + some peer references)

Zainuddin assignments

Path: assignments_-_zainuddin/

• assignment docs and a few submitted PDFs

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Quizzes

Path: quizzes/

• quiz papers for multiple sections + solutions where available
• handwritten quiz practice: CAAL_-_Quiz_Practice.pdf
• additional sample images for quick practice

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Notes

• This repo includes a mix of:

  • my own submissions/notes
  • official handouts/slides
  • shared class material (kept in the original context/folder names)

• Large binaries are tracked using Git LFS (.gitattributes).