4003-520/4005-720 Computer Architecture , Spring 20123

What's New

May 1st: Added the answers to Homework 5 NEW/Updated
April 23rd: Homework 5 is now available
April 11th: Homework 4 is now available
April 10th: Changed due date for Group Project ISA document
April 2th: Added the answers to Homework 2
April 2th: Added the answers to Homework 3
March 29th: The second project is now available.
March 26th: Homework 3 is now available
March 21st: Added the answers to Homework 1
March 19th: Homework 2 is now available
March 13th: The first project is now available.
March 13th: The group project is now available.
March 07th: Homework 1 is now available
March 01th: New quarter

Syllabus

4005-720 Research Topic Requirements

ICSS520 Homework

NOTE all homework is due at the beginning of class.

Homework 1: Due date: March 19
Homework 2: Due date: March 26
Homework 3: Due date: April 2
Homework 4: Due date: April 18
- Answer sheet for A.1a
Homework 5: Due date: April 30

Projects

NOTES for all projects

all Projects are electronically submitted and are due at 11:59:59pm on the specified date.
A series of tests will be run against your project submission; however, only some of these will be displayed as they are run.
IF YOU INTERRUPT 'try' BEFORE IT COMPLETES, NONE OF YOUR FILES WILL BE SUBMITTED.
You may find Prof. Carithers common project Q/A from previous quarters file to be helpful.

Project 1 Due date: March 26th
Supporting Documentation
- NOTE the provided sample object file(s) may not cover all the possible instructions, no less all the possible interesting conditions of the instructions. I highly recommend that you create some of your own files for testing.
Project 2 Due date: April 11th

Group Project

Component Due Date

Initial Project meeting (last date) Thur March 28th

ISA document ~~Thur April 11th~~ Tue April 16th NEW/Updated

Hardware & CU document Tue April 30th

Initial Project Demo Thur May 2nd

Final Project Submission Wed May 15th

Final Project Thur May 16th

Component	Due Date
Initial Project meeting (last date)	Thur March 28th
ISA document	~~Thur April 11th~~ Tue April 16th NEW/Updated
Hardware & CU document	Tue April 30th
Initial Project Demo	Thur May 2nd
Final Project Submission	Wed May 15th
Final Project	Thur May 16th

Exams

Exam	Date/Time	Location	Study Guide	Review Session	Notes
Exam 1	Week 5: April 4th	In Class	Topics List		see Note 1 below
Exam 2	Week 10: May 9th	In Class	Topics List		see Note 1 below

Exam Notes

Note	Note
1	You are allowed to bring a non-programmable calculator and a single 8.5x11 sheet of paper with hand written notes to the exam.

Topic Schedule

Topic	Book Chapter	Notes
Digital Design review notes Computer Organization review notes	Review of Computer Organization (4003-345)	Things you should know from the pre-reqs
Comp. Arch. Introduction	Notes, Appendix L
Comp. Arch. cost and performance	1
Notes on the Arch library	Notes
Control Unit Design	Notes
Instruction Set Architecture	Appendix A, Appendix K
Pipelining Scoreboarding Dynamic Branch Prediction, Muyltiple Instruction Issue Software Instruction scheduling	Appendix C, 3, Appendix H
Memory Hierarchy Improving Cache Performance	Appendix B, 2
Thread-Level Parallelism	5, Appendix I
I/O Systems - from notes by Dr. Guihai Chen	Class Notes

more notes will become available as times goes on

Computer Architecture Resources at Other Sites

Home page for our textbook
Contains links to PDF versions of the appendices, and other bits and pieces of useful information.
WWW Computer Architecture Page at the University of Wisconsin
Lots of links to tools, simulators, people, conferences, etc.
David Patterson's home page at Berkeley
Co-author of our textbook; links to his courses, and other references.

Documents

NOTE, make sure your NAME is on every document and file you send to me.
All assignments need to be handed to me directly, or turned in to the Computer Science Office (70-3005) on the specified due date. I DO NOT ACCEPT ASSIGNMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SLID UNDER MY OFFICE DOOR!
Refence book for information on control sequencers:
Computer Organization and Design 4th edition by Patterson and Hennessy. Morgan Kaufmann 2009
Specificly look for information in:
- Chapter 4, The Processor
- Appendix D, Mapping Control to Hardware
Note this book is used by the Computer Organization class (4003-345 & 4003-710) so should be available in the bookstore.
Notes about the arch library:
- A simple document describing the structure of the arch library: PostScript, PDF
- You may find Prof. Carithers answers to common questions about the arch library to be helpful.
- Prof. Carithers description of the arch library object module format may be useful if you want to build your own test programs.
Computer Architecture: Design Using RTL, an introduction to the use of RTL in design (from 0603-352, Computer Organization)).
Computer Architecture: Microprogrammed Control Units, an introduction to microprogrammed design (from 0603-352, Computer Organization)).
CS 4 standards document for C++.
Note these are only a guideline for how I want your code to look. Specifically I want your code to be neat, clear, and consistent. I'm looking for:

breaking code up into multiple files of reasonable length
reasonable length functions
program file headers with your name
function and class headers
clear and consistent indentation

Beginners guide to high performance computing (some nice definitions). High Performance Computing . A little simple, but it could be useful.

Phil's home Page