CMSC 411 Computer Architecture, Spring 2013(draft)

• Expect to receive lots of email from Dr. Hugue, sent to cmsc411-0101-spring2013@coursemail.umd.edu or 411-0201-spring2013@coursemail.umd.edu with urgent announcements, lecture clarifications and commentary. Check the CMSC 411 course pages on elms for old course notes. TA office hours, additional resources and essential course information will appear on piazza piazzapiazza to ensure all students equal access to the information. In general, answers will not be emailed by the TA or the professor (who has not done the project).

• Explicit updates of project resources will be made on my user pages (http://www.cs.umd.edu/users/meesh/411/).

• Lectures (located in CSIC 3120): 
• MW 2pm--3:15   
• 01/23/2013--5/11/2013;
• Instructor: Michelle Hugue 
• Email: meeshATumd.edu 
• Office: 1109a AV Williams 
• Hours: Regular and by appointment 
• Class accounts: Unix accounts will be on the GRACE ( Glue Research and Academic Computing Environment) cluster. Development tools, such as Eclipse, and JAVA 1.6.1 are available on the cluster; we will grade your projects using the submit server. To use the cluster, you will need a TerpConnectn account. If you do not have one, or if you are not sure if you have one, you must request one asap.
• Required Book: Computer Architecture: A Quantatitive Approach, 5ed by John Hennessy and David Patterson. (see 4th ed )  for your convenience.

• 2 75 minute Tests: tbd, TBD, 2013 (20% each)
• Cumulative Final Exam: 5/15/2013 (2 hours) (40%)  
• Room: TBD  
• See permanent webpage for worksheets and other study aids. 
• Project:  
• One pipeline simulation project C or on-line resource.(12%) Firm Due Date: 11:59PM, TBD 2013 (plus 48 hours grace).

• Lots of useful information appears on the permanent webpage