CS 154 Computer Architecture

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Lecture: Tue/Thu 3:30-4:15p Phelps 3519
Discussion: Section 08003 -- F 3:00-3:50 ESB 1003
Discussion: Section 57703 -- F 4:00-4:50 ESB 1003
Instructor: Prof. Fred Chong office hours: Tue/Thu 2:30-3:20 HFH 5163
TA: Alan Savage office hours: M 2-3; W 12-1 HFH 5120A
Text: Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface (4th ed), by Hennessey and Patterson, 2009.

Grading

  •   4 Labs 50% (Labs 1,4 8% each; Lab 2 17%; Lab 3 17%)
  • 1 Midterm 20%
  • Final 30% 

    • Lectures

    Date

    		 Lec/Disc

    Topic

    Read

    Assignments

    3/31

    		 Lec

    Intro / fabrication

    Chap 1.1-1.3

    4/2

    		 Lec Control and Datapath  Chap 4.1-4.4

    4/7

    		 Lec

    Microcode: MIC-1

    Microcode handout

    		 Lab1(Microcode) out -  due 4/14
    4/9 Lec

    Microcode examples



    4/14

    		 Lec

    Pipelining / Data Deps

    		 Chap 4.4-4.6 Lab 2 (Mic-1 unpipelined) out - due 4/30

    4/16

    		 Lec

    Hazards/Exceptions

    		 Chap 4.7-4.9

    4/21

    		 Lec

    Dynamic Instruction Scheduling

    		 Chap 4.10-11, 4.13
    4/23
    		 Lec
    		 Performance  Chap 1.4-1.9

    4/28

    		 Lec
    		 Intro to Caches Chap 5.1-5.2

    4/30

    		 Lec

    CachePerformance

    		Chap 5.3 Lab 3 (pipelined machine) out - due 5/27

    5/5

    		Lec Advanced Cache Structures



    5/7

    		 Lec

    Virtual Memory

    Chap 5.4-5.5


    5/8
    		 Disc
    		 Midterm Review

    5/12

    I/O

    		 Chap 6

    5/14

    		 Lec

    Midterm


     

    5/19

    		 Lec Parallel Programming

    Chap 7

     

    5/21

    		 Lec

    Multiprocessor Architectures



    5/26

    		 Lec

    Interconnection Networks


     Lab 4 (cache lab) out - due 6/3

    5/28

    		 Lec Multicore Architectures


     
    6/2
    		 Lec Future of Comp Arch

    6/4 Lec
    		 Final Exam Review

    Old exams
    6/11
    		 4-7 pm
    		 Final Exam
    Phelps 3519

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    Last updated April 2009
    chong@cs.ucsb.edu