I. Introduction
II. Computer System Performance
III. Instruction Set Architecture
IV. Pipelining
V. The Memory/Cache Hierarchy
VI. Instruction-Level Parallelism
VII. Parallel Machines
VIII. Architecture and Security
I expect students to have the highest standards of integrity in a graduate class.
However, we will check aggressively for cheating, including
copying off of other people
or from online resources, etc. If cheating is found, of any kind, severe consequences
will result.