CMSC 411, Fall 2009

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Dec 22 - Final grades have been posted on the grades server. Enjoy the holidays!
Dec 14 - I can answer questions today from 3-4pm in AVW 3165. If people are interested please send me an email.
Dec 14 - Homework 5 solution posted here.
Dec 10 - Project 1b scores now on grades server. All Project 1b tests made into public tests, for students trying to fix their simulator before generating results for their report.
Dec 10 - Removed problem 4 (storage) from homework 5. New version posted here.
Dec 7 - Homework 5 posted here. Due 12/13 at midnight.
Dec 7 - Project 1b late deadline moved back an additional day to midnight Tue, 12/8.
Dec 2 - Project 1c due date moved to Sun 12/13. Project 1b late deadline moved to Mon, 12/7 (on-time deadline unchanged).
Dec 2 - Final exam has been scheduled for Tue 12/15, 8-10am, CSIC 3117 (same room as lecture). It will cover everything in the course, with more emphasis on recent material.
Nov 24 - Public tests for Part B of Project 1 are now available online here. A new cache.h is provided that fixes the LOG2 macro. Deadline has been moved back to Fri, Dec 4th.
Nov 24 - For the 2nd part of project 1, you'll need to change the definition of the LOG2 macro in cache.h to:
#define LOG2(x) ((int) rint((log((double) (x))) / (log(2.0))))
The previous macro does not work properly for all values (due to use of truncation instead of rounding). You can also just download the new cache.h here.
Nov 24 - Project 1A and Midterm 2 scores are now available on the grades server. Midterm 2 solution available here.
Nov 20 - Added to Project 1 an example list of index & tag values for spice100.trace.
Nov 19 - Submit server is now accepting submissions for Project 1.
Nov 13 - Homework 4 & quiz 4 scores are now available on the grades server.
Nov 11 - Homework 4 solution available here. (Corrections added 5:50pm)
Nov 6 - Project 1 is now available here. Submit server will be set up this weekend.
Nov 4 - Slight update to lectures slides (lec9) on branch prediction.
Nov 4 - Homework 3 & quiz 3 scores are now visible on the grades server.
Nov 3 - Homework 4 has been posted on the class web page, along with updates to lectures 9 & 10 and some practice problems.
Oct 30 - Homework 4 turns out to be somewhat complex. Will assign it this weekend and explain it in lecture next Tue. Will also update slides on branch prediction to provide examples.
Oct 22 - Reminder that Quiz 3 will be this Thu, 10/29, and will cover ILP topics covered in Homework 3.
Oct 22 - Midterm 1 scores are now available on the grades server. Average score was 77/100. Solution (password protected) is available here.
Oct 15 - Quiz 1 & 2 solutions posted here.
Oct 15 - Homework 3 is now due 10/26 at 5pm. Drop off in my AVW mailbox/office, or submit PDF to submit server.
Oct 13 - Homework 3 has been assigned.
Oct 13 - Midterm 1 scheduled for Tue 10/20. Details here.
Oct 13 - Quiz 2 scores have been posted to grades server.
Oct 5 - Homework 2 solutions posted here.
Oct 1 - Quiz 2 (pipelining) scheduled for Thu, 10/8.
Oct 1 - Scores for homeworks 1 & 2 have been posted to the grades server.
Sep 30 - Posted some hints for problem 3 on homework 2 on the CS Forum for 411.
Sep 29 - Homework 2 slightly modified to clarify questions. Number of loop iterations is 99 for problem 1. Reduced number of answers needed for problem 3. Example answer provided for problem 3.
Sep 24 - Quiz 1 scores have been posted on grades server.
Sep 22 - Quiz 1 (reliability & performance) scheduled for Thu, 9/24.
Sep 22 - Homework 1 solutions posted. Instructions on login/password provided here.
Sep 22 - Homework 2 posted, due 10/1 in class.
Sep 16 - Problem 1.11 in Homework 1 has been canceled (too confusing). Time due for homework changed to 5pm to accomodate students attending Obama's 11am speech. Slide your homework under my office (AVW 4135) door, or put in my AVW mailbox.
Sep 12 - Homework 1 now due Thursday, 9/17 in class.
Sep 8 - For homework 1, solve problems 1.9-1.14 in H&P. Answers are due 9/15 in class.
Sep 3 - Accounts on the submit & grades servers have been created for all registered 411 students. You can log in to the grades server with your UMD directory ID and retrieve your linuxlab account name and password. Please send tseng@cs an email if you do not have an account.
Sep 1 Welcome to 411!

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