CSE 240A -- Principles in Computer Architecture
Fall 2002
Instructor: Dean Tullsen
Announcements
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Final scheduled December 12, 11:30, WLH 2205.
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Final Review, December 9, 4:30, AP&M 4301.
Lecture
Slides
Homework
and Project Assignments
Basic Course Information:
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Instructor: Dean Tullsen
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AP&M 4250
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tullsen@cs
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534-6181
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office hours: Tu 10-11, Wed 2-3
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TA: John-Paul Fryckman
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jfryckm@cs
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office hours, Wed 1-2, AP&M 2331
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Meeting times and place:
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WLH 2205
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lecture: Tu Th 12:30-1:50
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Course textbook
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Hennessy & Patterson, "Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach",
Third Edition, Morgan Kaufmann
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Other recommended reading
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Assignments will be of two types:
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traditional homeworks, e.g., problems from the book, typically with 1-week
notice.
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small projects, typically involving simulation and analysis tools
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Once it is set up, the class mailing list will be used for announcements,
etc. All students will be held responsible for announcements and information
that go out over the class mailing list. Make sure you are on it.
Here's how you get on it: send an email to majordomo@cs with the
body of the message as:
subscribe cse240a my_email@something.something
Course Outline:
I. Introduction
II. Computer System Performance
III. Instruction Set Architecture
IV. Pipelining
V. Instruction-Level Parallelism
VI. The Memory/Cache Hierarchy
VII. Parallel Machines
Grading Information:
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The grade for 240 will be based on homeworks, one midterm, and a final,
as follows:
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homeworks and projects: 30%
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midterm: 25%
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final: 45%
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subjective influences like class participation will have an impact in the
margins.
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The final will be inclusive of all course material.
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Late assignments are not encouraged. Late assignments will receive partial
credit -- they may or may not be graded. We will make every effort to return
assignments to you in a timely manner -- limiting your ability to turn
things in late is, unfortunately, critical to that goal.
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You have the right of appeal for grading on all tests; however, an appeal
(except for scoring errors) covers the entire test, and may result in an
unfavorable judgment on another problem. You have one week from the time
the midterms are returned to make appeals, including addition errors on
your score. Check it over carefully when you get it.
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There is no appeal on homeworks, except for addition errors. No single
problem will have a significant impact on your grade.
Integrity:
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I hope cheating isn't an issue for a graduate class. If it is, severe consequences
will result.