Schedule

Lectures & Discussions

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Homeworks

• Homework 1 (reliability & performance)
  • Problems 1.9-1.14 in H&P. Due 9/17 5pm (my AVW mailbox or office).
  • Solution

• Homework 2 (pipelining)
  • Problems. Due 10/1 in class.
  • Solution

• Homework 3 (ILP 1)
  • Problems 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.5, 2.7 in H&P. Due Mon 10/26 5pm (submit server, or my AVW mailbox/office).
  • Solution

• Homework 4 (ILP 2, cache organization)
  • Problems. Due Tue 11/10 9:30am (in class, submit server, or my AVW mailbox/office).
  • Example homework.
  • Solution

• Homework 5 (Cache, storage, multithreading )
  • Problems. Due 12/13 midnight
  • Solution

Projects

• Project 1 - Cache Simulator
  • Part A - Basic simulator (due Nov 22) here
  • Part B - Full simulator (due Dec 4) here
  • Part C - Performance evaluation (due Dec 13)

Quizzes

• Quiz 1 (9/24) - Chapter 1 (reliability & performance)
  • Solution
• Quiz 2 (10/8) - Appendix A (pipelining)
  • Solution
• Quiz 3 (10/29) - Chapter 2 (ILP 1-3)
  • Solution
• Quiz 4 (10/12) - Chapter 2 (ILP 4-7)
  • Solution

Tests

• Midterm 1 (10/20) - Chapter 1 & Appendix A
  • Reliability, performance, pipelining
  • Example (solutions)
  • Covers chapter 1, appendix A, homework 1&2, quiz 1&2, and example midterm
  • Solution
• Midterm 2 (11/19) - Chapter 2, 3, 5
  • Instruction-level parallelism, branch prediction, dynamic scheduling, limits of ILP, memory hierarchy 1
  • Solution
• Final Exam (12/15)
  • Time & Location - Tuesday, Dec 15, 8-10am, CSIC 3117 (same as lecture)
  • Covers everything