The Computer Architecture Course (ECE568) Homepage
Fall 2009 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. 23.
- Quiz 2 - due Oct. 2.
- Quiz 3 - due Oct. 10.
- Quiz 4 - due Oct. 20.
- Bonus set 1 - due Oct. 20.
- Quiz 5 - due Oct. 26.
- Quiz 6 - due Nov. 7.
- Quiz 7 - due Nov. 20.
- Quiz 8 - due Dec. 4.
- Quiz 9 - due Dec. 12.
- TA Information
Midterm I - after lecture 12, (two hours).
Wed. Oct. 21, 4:00-6:00pm, Goessman Bldg. room 51.
Open (recommended) textbook and open lecture notes exam (use of the
web-based or any other architecture related software is not allowed).
Material covered: Lectures 1 - 12 and the review during Lecture 12
(Parts 1 - 6).
Undergraduate students should note that Monday, October 22 is the
last day to drop a class with a "W."
Basab will hold a review session on Tueday Oct. 20, at 4:15pm in
Marcus 106:
Review questions (pdf format)
Midterm II - after lecture 22 (two hours).
Mon. Nov. 30, 4:00-6:00pm, Goessman Bldg. room 51.
Open (recommended) course textbook and open lecture notes exam (use of
the web-based or any other architecture related software is not
allowed).
Material covered: Lectures 1 - 21 (focusing mainly on 11 - 21) and the
review during Lecture 22 (Parts 7 - 13).
Basab will hold a review session on Monday Nov. 30,
Review questions (pdf format)
Final Exam - two hours. Date TBD.
Open (recommended) textbook, lecture notes and HWs (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, and
Power-aware Parts 1-2).
Sample Final Exam (pdf format)
Selected solutions to the
Sample Final Exam
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