The Computer Architecture (ECE568) Homepage
Fall 2008 semester
Instructor:
Prof. Israel Koren,
Email: koren 'at' ecs.umass.edu
The class has moved to Studio A (Marcus 108).
- Course Outline
- Recommended textbook: 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. 18.
- Quiz 2 - due Sept. 27.
- Quiz 3 - due Oct. 5.
- Quiz 4 - due Oct. 12.
- TA Information
Midterm I - after lecture 13, (two hours).
Mon. Oct. 20, 5-7pm.
Open 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 13
(Parts 1 - 7).
Undergraduate students should note that Monday, October 27 is the
last day to drop a class with a "W."
Midterm II - after lecture 23 (two hours).
Mon. Nov. 24, 5-7pm.
Open 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 - 22 (focusing mainly on 13 - 22) and the
review during Lecture 23 (Parts 8 - 14).
Final Exam - two hours. Date TBD.
Open 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