Objectives: To provide a sound background on computer architecture. The main focus of this course is processor design and evaluation with case studies. A number of architectural alternatives are described and evaluated using quantitative approaches

Homework Assignments

Homework 1: Assignment. Code_shell. Example

Homework 3: Assignment (Due: 12noon,  February 17   -email)

Handout: Booth Algorithm  (Additional 20% credit in homework 3 if Booth's algorithm is used instead of the textbook's algorithm).

Please email  this homework to Mr. Jason Van Dyken with subject: "[EE334] assignment 3"

Homework 4: Assignment (Due: 9:10AM,  February 19  -in class)

Homework 5: Assignment (Due: 9:10AM, March 10 -in class)

Homework 6: Assignment (Due: 9:10AM, March 31 -in class)

Homework 7: Assignment (Due: 9:10AM, April 21 -in class)

Handouts

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Instruction Set Architecture

Chapter 3: Arithmetic and Floating Point

Chapter 4(A): Processor: Datapath&Control

Chapter 4(B): Processor: Pipelining

   > Forwarding (3 power point slides)

   > Branch Prediction

Chapter 5(A): Memory

Chapter 5(B): Cache

Chapter 7: Multicore & ICN

Exams

Exam 1:  Wednesday, February 24  (Chapters:1, 2, and 3 of textbook)

Exam 2:  Wednesday, April 7

       (Chapter 4 textbook and handouts: Chapter 4 A&B and branch prediction) 

Final Exam:  Friday, May 7, 2010.  8:30AM - 10AM

       (Chapters 5 and 7)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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