The Computer Architecture Course (ECE568/668) Homepage
Fall 2017 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, 5th edition,
Morgan-Kaufmann, 2011.
- Chapters covered: 1, 2, 3, 4 and Appendices B, C, D, G.
- OWL quizzes
Select "University of Massachusetts at Amherst", "Electrical and
Computer Engineering."
If you registered late, access OWL through the link in
Moodle.
- Quiz 1 (part 1) - due Sept. 17.
- Quiz 2 (part 2) - due Sept. 30.
- Quiz 3 (parts 2 and 3) - due Oct. 7.
- Quiz 4 - (part 4) due Oct. 13.
- Bonus set 1 - (parts 1-4) due Oct. 13.
- Quiz 5 - (parts 5 and 6) due Oct. 21.
- Quiz 6 - (parts 7 and 8) due Oct. 29.
- Quiz 7 - (parts 9-11) due Nov. 14.
- Bonus set 2 - due Nov. 20.
- Quiz 8 - (parts 12-14) due Dec. 1.
- Quiz 9 - (parts 15-16) due Dec. 14.
- Bonus set 3 - due Dec. 14.
- TA Information
- Lecture venue: TuTh 2:30-3:45, Marston 132.
Midterm I - after lecture 10, (two hours).
Fri. Oct. 13, 5:00-7:00pm, in Hasbrouck room 134.
Open (recommended) textbook and lecture notes only. Use of
any architecture related software and internet access are not allowed.
Material covered: Lectures 1 - 8
(Parts 1 - 4).
Undergraduate students should note that October 19 is the
last day to drop a class with a "W" and select P/F.
Midterm II - after lecture 21 (two hours).
Fri. Nov. 17, 5:00-7:00pm, in Hasbrouck room 134.
Open (recommended) course textbook and lecture notes only. Use of
any architecture related software and internet access are not allowed.
Material covered: Lectures 1 - 19 (focusing mainly on 10 - 19) - Parts 1-11 (focusing mainly on 5 - 11).
Final Exam - two hours. Thurs. Dec. 14, 3:30-5:30pm, in ELab II room 119.
Open (recommended) textbook and lecture notes only (use of any
other material, architecture related software and internet access are not allowed).
Material covered: All lectures (Parts 1 - 16).
Lecture notes (pdf format)
ECE 232 lecture notes from 2010 are posted at
http://www.ecs.umass.edu/ece/koren/ece232/ (select Lectures on the
left).
WinDLX Information
Computer
Architecture Educational Tools
(Cache demonstrator, Pipeline
Reservation Table analyzer and more)
Technical papers (Copyright Note):
Additional Resources for the recommended textbook (select "Resources" and
then "Companion Material").
The Computer
Architecture Home Page.
Additional Links
Maintained by Prof. Israel Koren, koren 'at' ecs.umass.edu