CMSC 411 Computer Architecture Fall 1999

WWW access http://www.csee.umbc.edu/~squire

Textbook: Computer Organization and Design (Second Edition)

    The authors Patterson and Hennessey have written a few books with 
    very similar titles, be sure to get the right book and the second
    edition. ISBN 1-55860-428-6.
    Reading and homework assignments are from this book.

Grading Policy

 Distribution                       Course grade

 Final Exam    25%                  A 90% - 100%
 Mid-term Exam 15%                  B 80% - 89.9%
 Projects      25%                  C 70% - 79.9%
 Homework      35%                  D 60% - 69.9%
                                    
 The projects get 33% for part1, 33% for part2, 24% for part3a, 10% for part3b
 Partial credit is given on homework and projects.
 No partial credit on multiple choice, true-false, single answer exam questions.

 YOUR GRADES recorded  Here  check for typo's.

 UMBC rules apply to cheating.
 You may work together and discuss homework and the project.
 You must do your own work and not copy from anyone else!
 Copying/cheating will result in a minimum punishment of a zero on
 that assignment.

Computer usage

 You need access to 'esim' and 'ecomp' on irix.gl.umbc.edu
 ln -s  /afs/umbc.edu/users/s/q/squire/pub/esim esim
 ln -s  /afs/umbc.edu/users/s/q/squire/pub/ecomp ecomp

 or on linux.gl.umbc.edu  or on UMBC PC booting in Linux
 ln -s  /afs/umbc.edu/users/s/q/squire/pub/linux/redhat52/ecomp ecomp
 ln -s  /afs/umbc.edu/users/s/q/squire/pub/linux/redhat52/esim esim


 All students must have an account on the UMBC gl machines.
 The projects and some homework will use the "submit" mechanism.
 All students must be able to access the WWW to get assignments.
 Modem and telnet connections are available for remote use.
 Also, Linux may be used for working the simulation project.

Jon Squire, Lecturer, office hours:

  Wednesday 3:00pm to 5:00pm and by appointment  ECS 219.
  EMail: squire@umbc.edu

Ying Ouyang, TA, office hours:

  Tu,Th 1:30-2:30, ECS 209, homework questions and grading
  EMail: ouyang@cs.umbc.edu

Last updated 9/25/99