HW#1:  Due Tuesday, January 19

• Patterson & Hennessy, problems 3.2, 3.5, 3.9, 3.16, 3.17, 3.19, 2.1, 2.4, 2.8 (ignore the cost-effective part), 2.13, 2.18, 2.20, 2.32, 2.41, 2.42

 

 
 
 

NOTE:
Chapter 2: Problem 2.13 has an ERROR in table on page 92 IN SOME BOOKS. The value in the "CPI on M2" column for Class C should be 3, not 8. This has been a confusing issue. However you have done the problem -- just write down the table values you used and we will grade your answer based on those values. Contact Beth (esimon@cs) with questions.

Chapter 3: Problem 3.19 -- Be sure to read the explanation for this problem that starts on page 201 ("In More Depth"). Also, be aware that the following are valid instructions in a stack-style architecture:

• dup --no operand specified, copies the top stack element into the second to top stack element
• neg --no operand specified, negates the top stack element

problems 3.29, 4.2, 4.6, 4.9, 4.10, 4.14, 4.17, 4.23, 4.26, 4.31, 4.46 (on this one, don't bother drawing the picture, unless it helps you solve the problem).

problems 5.7, 5.8, 5.9, 5.10, 5.14 (on 5.14, assume memory and reg-file access times unchanged).

• problems 5.15, 5.18, 5.24, 6.1, 6.2, 6.4, 6.9, 6.11, 6.12, 6.13, 6.14

• problems 6.15, 6.20, 6.26, 6.30
• Web Surf #1:  How many pipeline stages do the following processors have? The Intel Pentium Pro, Compaq/DEC Alpha 21264, MIPS R10000, PowerPC 620.

• H&P problems 7.7, 7.8, 7.15, 7.19, 7.22, 7.23, 7.24, 7.27
• web-surf #2: What are the on-chip cache sizes and associativity for the following

              processors: Pentium, Pentium II, Alpha 21264, 21364?

• 2.9, 2.10, 2.11, 2.12, 2.17, 2.21, 2.22, 2.31, 2.32, 2.44
• 3.1, 3.3, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.10, 3.13, 3.14
• 4.3, 4.4, 4.12, 4.15, 4.18, 4.19, 4.22, 4.25, 4.27, 4.35, 4.36, 4.43, 4.47, 4.55
• 5.6, 5.11, 5.12, 5.13, 5.17, 5.19, 5.21, 5.23
• 6.3, 6.5, 6.7, 6.8, 6.10, 6.16, 6.18, 6.19, 6.21, 6.23, 6.28, 6.29
• 7.9, 7.13, 7.14, 7.16, 7.17, 7.20, 7.28, 7.29, 7.32, 7.33, 7.34, 7.35, 7.38, 7.45

HW#1:  Total Points: 152, Avg Points: 114
HW#2:  Total Points: 98, Avg Points: 55.7
HW#3:  Total Points: 53, Avg Points: 32.2
Midterm:  Total Points 95, Avg 58
HW#4:  Total Points: 105, Avg Points: 81.2