Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

ECE 154 - Computer Architecture, Fall 2007

 

Announcements:  Please see the bulletin board

Instructor:	Professor Ryan Kastner (kastner@ece)
TA:	Shahnam Mirzaei (shahnam@umail)
Lecture Schedule:	Tuesday/Thursday 5:00-6:15pm, Phelps 1508
Discussion:	Thursday 4-5pm, Phelps 1508 Thursday 6:30-7:30pm, Harold Frank Hall 4164
Syllabus
Quizzes	Quiz #1: In class, Tuesday October 30 Quiz #2: In class, Tuesday November 20
Final Exam	7:30-10:30pm Thursday, December 13
Bulletin Board	http://groups.google.com/group/ucsb-ece154.  Please use this for post general questions about class, homeworks, exams, etc.  Shahnam and Prof. Kastner will check the bulletin board often.  Please check there first if you have any non-personal questions.  Helping answer the questions of others will increase your participation points.
Office Hours	Instructor Office Hours:	Tuesday 4-5pm, Thursday 2-3pm or by appointment @ Harold Frank Hall, Room 4123
	TA Office Hours:	Shahnam Mirzaei - Thursday 12-2pm, Phelps 1435

Course Information

Grading:	Homework Assignments: 30% Quiz #1: 15% Quiz #2: 15% Final: 40% Class Participation 5%
Text Book:	Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface, Third Edition By David A. Patterson and John L. Hennessy ISBN 1558606041 Be sure to get the new 3rd edition.  It has the blue, soft cover.
Homework:	There will be approx. 6 homework assignments Homework #0 Homework #1 Homework #2 Homework #3 Homework #4 Homework #5 Homework #6
Useful Web Links:	Computer Architecture Page

Calendar

Date	Topic	Announcements	Reading
September 27	Lecture 1 - Introduction to Computer Architecture	Homework #0 assigned	P+H Chapter 1, Moore's original article
October 2	Lecture 2 - Instruction Set Architecture	Homework #0 due  Homework #1 assigned	P+H 2.1-2.3
October 4	Lecture 3 - Addressing Modes and MIPS ISA		P+H 2.4-2.6, 2.8-2.10, 2.13, 2.15-2.18
October 9	Lecture 4 - Computer Arithmetic I	Homework #2 assigned	P+H 3.1-3.3
October 11	Lecture 5 - Computer Arithmetic II	Homework #1 due	P+H 3.4
October 16	Lecture 6 - Computer Arithmetic III	Homework #3 assigned	P+H 3.5
October 18	Lecture 7 - Performance	Homework #2 due	P+H Chapter 4, Characterizing performance article
October 23	Lecture 8 - Single Cycle Processor		P+H 5.1-5.3
October 25	Lecture 9 - Multiple Cycle Processor I	Homework #3 due	P+H 5.5
October 30	Quiz #1	Homework #4 assigned	P+H 5.7
November 1	Lecture 10 - Multiple Cycle Processor II		P+H 6.1, 6.2
November 6	Lecture 11 - Pipelined Processor I	Homework #5 assigned
November 8	Lecture 12 - Pipelined Processor II	Homework #4 due	P+H 6.3-6.6
November 13	Lecture 13 - Memory Hierarchy I		P+H 7.1-7.2
November 15	Lecture 14 - Memory Hierarchy II	Homework #5 due	P+H 7.3
November 20	Quiz #2	Homework #6 assigned	P+H 7.4, 7.5
November 21	No Class - Thanksgiving
November 27	Lecture 15 - Memory Hierarchy III
November 29	Lecture 16 - Advanced Architecture Techniques I	Homework #6 due
December 4	Lecture 17 – Advanced Architecture Techniques II
December 6	Lecture 18 - Final Review
December 13	Final

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