CSE141: Introduction to Computer Architecture

When & Where

Warren Lecture Hall 2005

Lecture: MTuWTh 2:00p - 3:20p

Discussion Section:
Th 4:00p - 5:50p (WLH 2001)

Instructor

Hung-Wei Tseng
email: h1tseng+CSE141SU16 @ cs.ucsd.edu
Office: 3208
Office Hours: MTh 11a-12p or by appointment

Teaching Assistants

Harsha Basavaraj
email: hbasavar @ eng.ucsd.edu
Office:
Office Hours: CSE 3109 W 6p-7p, F 4p-5p or by appointment

Samuel Wasmundt
email: wasmundt @ eng.ucsd.edu
Office: CSE 3217
Office Hours: TuW 12p-1p or by appointment

Nishant Bhaskar
email: nibhaska @ eng.ucsd.edu
Office:
Office Hours: MF 12p-1p or by appointment

Tutor

Yuqin Wu
Office:
Office Hours: Tu 8p-9p or by appointment

Calendar

URL http://goo.gl/JJyrXp. This is just a reference for office hours. You should check Schedule and Slides for more details.

Course Discussion Board

TritonEd. Required reading. Get signed up.
Piazza: https://piazza.com/class/ipw6r8kohtr3a4

Podcasting

http://podcast.ucsd.edu/podcasts/default.aspx?PodcastId=3431&v=1

Course Description

This course will describe the basics of modern processor operation. Topics include computer system performance, instruction set architectures, pipelining, branch prediction, memory-hierarchy design, and a brief introduction to multiprocessor architecture issues.

This course is taught in tandem with CSE141L. Unless you have discussed it with you me, you should be in enrolled in both.

Text books

Required: Patterson & Hennessy, Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface, Patterson & Hennessy, Morgan Kaufmann, 5th Edition

Required: Other assigned readings throughout the quarter.

Optional: The History of Computing This a great set of lectures from a course taught at UCSD/UW/Berkeley three years ago. Most of them are by the folks that actually made the history (Steve Wozniak, Ray Ozzie, Gordon Bell, etc.)

Grading

Homework 15%

Homeworks will be assigned throughout the course.

Class participation 9% (Clicker-based)

We will be using clickers in the class!

Class participation 1% (Bonus)

Reading Quizzes 15%

We will have reading quizzes on TritonEd!

Midterm 25%

Final 35%

The final will be cumulative.

Additional notes about grades in this course:

  1. Your score will be available on TritonEd. Your final grade is the weighted average of these grades.
    We do our best to record grades accurately, but you should double-check.

  2. Errors in grading If you feel there has been an error in how an assignment or test was graded, you have one week from when the assignment is return to bring it to our attention. You must submit (via email to the instructor and the appropriate TAs) a written description of the problem. Neither I nor the TAs will discuss regrades without receiving an email from you about it first.
    For arithmetic errors (adding up points etc.) you do not need to submit anything in writing, but the one week limit still applies.

  3. For midterm and final, we do not regrade on a single problem. We will re-grade your whole test.

  4. Final grades If you have a problem with your final grade in the course, send me email and we can set up an appoinment to discuss it.

Schedule and Slides

DateTopicReadingsPre-release slidesSlidesDueNotes
2016/06/27 Introduction Introduction Demo
2016/06/28 ISA 2.1-2.7 and 2.10 ISA (beta version) ISA (I) Reading quizzes for 2.1-2.7 and 2.10 due before class
2016/06/29 ISA 2.8, 2.12, 2.13, 2.14 and 2.17 ISA (II) Reading quizzes for 2.8, 2.12, 2.13, 2.14, 2.17 due before class Demo
2016/06/30 Performance Evaluation 1.5-1.10 Performance (beta version) Performance (I) Reading quizzes for 1.5-1.10 due before class
2016/07/05 Performance Evaluation Performance (II) Homework 1 due before class Demo
2016/07/06 Single cycle processor 4.1-4.4 Single Cycle Processor Single Cycle Processor Reading quizzes for 4.1-4.4 due before class
2016/07/07 Pipeline 4.5-4.9 Pipelined Processor Pipelined Processor (I) Reading quizzes for 4.5-4.9 due before class
2016/07/11 Pipeline / Data Hazards Pipelined Processor (II) Homework 2 due before class  
2016/07/12 Pipeline / Control Hazards Pipelined Processor (III)
2016/07/13 Branch Prediction Pipelined Processor (IV) Demo
2016/07/14 Midterm review Midterm Review Homework 3 due 7/17(Sunday) at noon
2016/07/18 Midterm
2016/07/19 Memory and caching 5.1-5.4 Memory Hierarchy Inside out of your computer memories (I) Reading quizzes for 5.1-5.4 due before class Demo
2016/07/20 Memory and caching 5.8 Inside out of your computer memories (II) Reading quizzes for 5.8 due before class
2016/07/21 Memory and caching Inside out of your computer memories (III) Demo
2016/07/25 Virtual Memory 5.6 and 5.7 Virtual Memory Virtual Memory Homework 4 due before class
Reading quizzes for 5.6 and 5.7 due before class
 
2016/07/26 Modern Processor Design 4.10 Modern Processor Design Modern Processor Design
2016/07/27 Introduction to multithreaded processors 6.4-6.5 Multithreaded Processors Multithreaded Processors Reading quizzes for 6.4-6.5, 5.10 due before class Demo
2016/07/28 Final Review   Final Review    
2016/07/29 Final          

Integrity Policy

Homework

Homework 1

Homework 2

Homework 3

Homework 4

Homework 5