CMSC 411 Syllabus Fall 2016

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 CMSC 411 Computer Architecture Syllabus Fall 2016
 Class schedule, topic and assignments
 Tuesday and Thursday   2:30pm-3:45pm  SHH 150

 Reading assignments: from fourth or later edition of textbook.
 Homework and projects are due midnight on the date listed.
 Computer Engineering majors have additional tasks in
 some assignments.



Lec Date   Subject                            Reading          Homework
                                                               assigned due

 1.
    9/1    Introduction, terminology          1.1-1.5          HW1

 2. 
    9/6    Benchmarks                         1.7

 3. 
    9/8    Performance,                       1.4              HW2     HW1

 4. 
    9/13   CPU operation                      skim 2.1-2.11 read p78  

 5. 
    9/15   Instructions and registers         skim 2.1-2.11    HW3     HW2
                                              read p121

 6. 
    9/20   VHDL introduction                  VHDL web Pages

 7. 
    9/22   Arithmetic                         C.5-C.6          HW4     HW3
                                              VHDL WEB Pages

 8. 
    9/27   ALU                                3.1-3.2 

 9. 
    9/29   Multiply                           3.3              HW5 

 10. 
    10/4   Divide                             3.4

 11. 
    10/6   Floating Point                     3.5                      HW4*

 12. 
    10/11  VHDL - circuits and debugging      VHDL web pages   HW6     HW5 

 13. 
    10/13  Microprogramming - review          web pages

 14. 
    10/18  mid-term exam                                       study

 15. 
    10/20  Control Unit                       5.1-5.4

 16. 
    10/25  Pipelining 1                       4.1-4.3                  HW6*

 17. 
    10/27  Pipelining 2                       4.5-4.6          HW7

 18. 
    11/1   Project outline and VHDL           VHDL web pages   proj1

 19. 
    11/3   Pipelining Data Forwarding         4.7              proj2a   HW7

 20. 
    11/8   Hazard and stalls                  4.7              HW8
                                                               proj2b

 21. 
    11/10  Cache                              5.1-5.2          HW9      Proj1*

 22. 
    11/15  Cache performance                  5.3              proj3a   HW8

 23. 
    11/17  Virtual memory 1                   5.4              HW10     HW9
                                                                        Proj2a*

 24. 
    11/22  Virtual memory 2                   web page         proj3b

Thanksgiving holiday

 25. 
    11/29  I/O types and performance          6.3-6.7          HW11     HW10
                                                                        Proj2b*

 26. 
    12/1   DVR, DVD-RW, CDR, CD-RW            web page

 27.
    12/6   Busses, I/O-processor connection   6.5              HW12     HW11
                                                                        Proj3a*

 28. 
    12/8   Multiprocessors
                                                               study

 29. 
    12/13  Study Guide
                                                               study



 30. 
    12/15  Final Exam   1:00 pm-3:00 pm  room SSH 150
  (Bring ID card, show when turning in exam.)
                                                                        HW12
                                                                        Proj3b

    No late homework accepted after midnight 12/22/2016
    Late penalty is 10% per week, penalty limit 50%.
    * submitted, not graded until next weekend (not late for a while)
    Projects are graded only once, do not do "submit" until finished.
    Check will be made for copying after midnight 12/22.
    Missing or copied projects get a zero.

CMSC 411 Computer Architecture Syllabus Fall 2016

Class schedule, topic and assignments Tuesday and Thursday 2:30pm-3:45pm SHH 150 Reading assignments: from fourth or later edition of textbook. Homework and projects are due midnight on the date listed. Computer Engineering majors have additional tasks in some assignments.

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