Winter 2004 ECS154B: Computer Architecture

Computer Architecture
ECS 154 B
Winter 2004

Course Information

Instructor:

Name & Email	Narendra Singhal (Naren)	singhaln@cs.ucdavis.edu
Lecture Hours	TR 3:10 pm - 4:30 pm	176 Chemistry
Office Hours	TR 10:00 am - 12:00 pm	2121 Kemper Hall

Teaching Assistant:

Name & Email	Joseph Anda (Joey)	anda@cs.ucdavis.edu
Discussion Hours	T 8:00 am - 8:50 am	176 Chemistry
Office Hours	TF 9:00 am - 11:00 am	053 Kemper Hall

Text Book:

David Patterson and John L. Hennessy, "Computer Organization and Design The Hardware/Software Interface,"
Morgan Kaufman, Second Edition, 1997.

Reference Books:

William Stallings, "Computer Organization and Architecture."
Robert L. Britton, "MIPS Assembly Language Programming," Prentice Hall.
Andrew Tanenbaum, "Structured Computer Organization," 1990.
Norm Matloff, "Introduction to Microcoded Implementation of a CPU Architecture."

Prerequisites:
The prerequisites for this course are ECS154A or EEC170, and ECS 110.

Syllabus and Exams

Class Syllabus and Reading Assignments: Syllabus
Notes on MIC-1/MAC-1 by Professor Matloff.
MIC-MAC-microcode.
Cache Terms by Kevin.
MidTerm Review
Victim Caches (Pages 13-19 only)
MidTerm Solutions
Final Review
Sample Final
Sample Final Sample Solutions
Final

Lab and Written Homework Assignments

Homework1 hw1.pdf Due Date: Wed., Jan 14, 5:00 pm hw1sol.pdf
Homework2 hw2.pdf Due Date: Wed., Jan 21, 5:00 pm hw2sol.pdf
Homework3 hw3.pdf Due Date: Tue., Feb 10, 5:00 pm hw3sol.pdf
Homework4 hw4.pdf Due Date: Thu., Feb 26, 5:00 pm hw4sol.pdf
Homework5 hw5.pdf Due Date: Tue., March 9, 5:00 pm hw5sol.pdf
Homework6 hw6.pdf Due Date: Tue., March 16, 5:00 pm hw6sol.pdf

Lab. Projects	Points	Due Date
Lab #1	7%	Friday, Jan. 23, 11:59 PM
Lab #2	15%	Friday, Feb. 6, 11:59 PM
Lab #3	14%	Friday, Feb. 20, 11:59 PM
Lab #4	7%	Wed., March 3, 11:59 PM
Lab #5	7%	Friday, March 12, 11:59 PM

Lab Projects will be done in groups. A group can have a maximum of three students.
Late Policy: Total of 7 days/quarter (including weekends!). Not more than 3 days/assignment.
Homework Box Location: Room. No. 86, Kemper Hall basement.

Policies

Please check the newsgroup ucd.class.ecs154b for announcements.
Please use the newsgroup ucd.class.ecs154b.d for your ideas and comments.
Lab and Exam grades will be available at my.ucdavis.edu.
Regrades: Only within one week of the return of the work!

Course Grading:

Lab Projects	50 %
Midterm	20 %
Final	25 %
Written Homeworks	5 %

Grade Distribution:

Range	Letter Grade
100%-90%	A
89%-80%	B
79%-70%	C
69%-60%	D
59%-0%	F

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Last Updated: March 17, 2004.