The Computer Architecture Course (ECE568) Homepage
Fall 2011 semester
Instructor:
Prof. Israel Koren,
Email: koren 'at' ecs.umass.edu
- Course Outline
- Recommended book: D.A. Patterson and J.L. Hennessy, Computer
Architecture: A Quantitative Approach, 4th edition,
Morgan-Kaufmann, 2007.
- Chapters covered: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7 and Appendix A.
- OWL quizzes
Select "University of Massachusetts at Amherst", "Electrical and
Computer Engineering."
- Quiz 1 - due Sept. 20.
- Quiz 2 - due Sept. 30.
- Quiz 3 - due Oct. 7.
- Quiz 4 - due Oct. 17.
- Bonus set 1 - due Oct. 17.
- Quiz 5 - due Oct. 24.
- Quiz 6 - due Nov. 5.
- Quiz 7 - due Nov. 18.
Bonus set 2 - due Nov. 22.
- Quiz 8 - due Dec. 2.
- Quiz 9 - due Dec. 13.
- TA Information
Midterm I - after lecture 11, (two hours).
Mon. Oct. 17, 4:00-6:00pm.
Open (recommended) textbook and open lecture notes only. Use of the
web-based or any other architecture related software is not allowed.
Material covered: Lectures 1 - 11
(Parts 1 - 6).
Undergraduate students should note that Thursday, October 20 is the
last day to drop a class with a "W."
Midterm II - after lecture 21 (two hours).
Mon. Nov. 21, 4:00-6:00pm.
Open (recommended) course textbook and open lecture notes only. Use of
the web-based or any other architecture related software is not
allowed.
Material covered: Lectures 1 - 20 (focusing mainly on 11 - 20) and the
review on Friday at 4pm (Parts 6 - 11).
Final Exam - two hours.
Wed. Dec. 14, 8:00am-10:00am, Marston 132.
Open (recommended) textbook, lecture notes and HWs only (use of any
other material, the
web-based or any other architecture related software is not allowed).
Material covered: All lectures (Parts 1 - 17 except 15).
Lecture notes (pdf format)
WinDLX Information
Quiz.
Computer
Architecture Educational Tools
(Cache demonstrator, Pipeline
Reservation Table analyzer and more)
Technical papers (Copyright Note) :
Additional Resources for the textbook (select/click "Companion Site").
The Computer
Architecture Home Page. Select Miscellenea for various articles
and tools.
Additional Links
Created by Prof. Israel Koren, koren 'at' ecs.umass.edu