CMSC 411 Syllabus Spring 2013

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 CMSC 411 Computer Architecture Syllabus Spring 2013
 Class schedule, topic and assignments
 Monday and Wednesday   5:30pm-6:45pm  MP 104
 Tuesday and Thursday   4:00pm-5:15pm  ITE 233

 Same lecture Monday and Tuesday.
 Same lecture Wednesday and Thursday.
 Come to either if your schedule permits and there are enough seats.

 Reading assignments: from fourth edition of textbook, 3rd ed OK.
 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.
    1/28   Introduction, terminology          1.1-1.5          HW1
    1/29

 2. 
    1/30   Benchmarks                         1.7
    1/31

 3. 
    2/4    Performance,                       1.4              HW2     HW1
    2/5

 4. 
    2/6    CPU operation                      skim 2.1-2.11
    2/7                                       read p78  

 5. 
    2/11   Instructions and registers         skim 2.1-2.11    HW3     HW2
    2/12                                      read p121

 6. 
    2/13   VHDL introduction                  VHDL web Pages
    2/14

 7. 
    2/18   Arithmetic                         C.5-C.6          HW4     HW3
    2/19                                      VHDL WEB Pages

 8. 
    2/20   ALU                                3.1-3.2 
    2/21

 9. 
    2/25   Multiply                           3.3              HW5     HW4*
    2/26

 10. 
    2/27   Divide                             3.4
    2/28

 11. 
    3/4    Floating Point                     3.5 
    3/5

 12. 
    3/6    VHDL - circuits and debugging      VHDL web pages   HW6     HW5     
    3/7

 13. 
    3/11   Microprogramming - review          web pages 
    3/12

 14. 
    3/13   mid-term exam                                       study
    3/14

Spring Break

 15. 
    3/25   Control Unit                       5.1-5.4                    
    3/26

 16. 
    3/27   Pipelining 1                       4.1-4.3                   HW6*
    3/28

 17. 
    4/1    Pipelining 2                       4.5-4.6          HW7
    4/2

 18. 
    4/3    Project outline and VHDL           VHDL web pages   proj1
    4/4

 19. 
    4/8    Pipelining Data Forwarding         4.7              proj2a   HW7
    4/9

 20. 
    4/10   Hazard and stalls                  4.7              HW8
    4/11                                                       proj2b

 21. 
    4/15   Cache                              5.1-5.2          HW9      Proj1*
    4/16

 22. 
    4/17   Cache performance                  5.3              proj3a   HW8
    4/18

 23. 
    4/22   Virtual memory 1                   5.4              HW10     HW9
    4/23                                                                Proj2a*

 24. 
    4/24   Virtual memory 2                   web page         proj3b
    4/25

 25. 
    4/29   I/O types and performance          6.3-6.7          HW11     HW10
    4/30                                                                Proj2b*

 26. 
    5/1    DVR, DVD-RW, CDR, CD-RW            web page
    5/2

 27.
    5/6    Busses, I/O-processor connection   6.5              HW12     HW11
    5/7                                                                 Proj3a*

 28. 
    5/8    Multiprocessors
    5/9                                                        study

 29. 
    5/13   Study Guide
    5/14                                                       study



 30. 
  Monday  5/20  Final Exam   6:00pm-8:00pm  room MP 104
  Tuesday 5/21  Final Exam   3:30pm-5:30pm  room ITE 233
  (Come to either exam if your schedule permits and
   there are enough seats.)
  (Bring ID card, show when turning in exam.)
                                                                        HW12
                                                                        Proj3b

    No late homework accepted after midnight 5/22
    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 5/22.
    Missing or copied projects get a zero.
CMSC 411 Computer Architecture Syllabus Spring 2013

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