EEC170 - Computer Architecture

EEC 170 – Computer Architecture
Fall 2005

(12/07) The solution to sample final problems is posted on the slides page.
(12/05) Sample final is posted on the slides page. I strongly encourage you to work on it before the last lecture to better follow the discussions on wednesday.
(11/29) Quiz 3 (covering chapter 7) will be given on wednesday 12/7 at the beginning of the class.
(11/29) The last lecture of the quarter (wednesday 12/7) will be spent on quiz and final review. I strongly recommend you to study before that lecture, and bring your questions to discuss.
(11/29) HW #6: problems 7.4, 7.10, 7.12, 7.16, 7.29, 7.39, 7.41. Due date: Friday 12/9 at 5pm.
(11/23) HW #5 (part 2): problems 6.33, 6.37, 6.48, 6.49. Due date: Friday 12/2 at 5pm. (Note that HW #5 has a total of eight problems four of which were assigned on 11/16)
(11/17) Midterm solutions are posted on the slides page.
(11/16) We will have a 30-minute quiz on wednesday 11/23 on processor organization and pipelining (chapters 5 and 6).
(11/16) HW #5 (part 1): problems 6.14, 6.22, 6.36, 6.39. Due date friday 12/2 at 5pm, however, I strongly recommend you to work on them as soon as possible to practice with the material, and be able to follow the lectures.
(11/04) The midterm will be closed book/closed notes. You can only use the 'green card' and a simple calculator.
(11/02) Just a reminder that the midterm will be on Wednesday (11/09) in class. It will cover up to, and including chapter 5 of the text.

(11/02) HW #4: problems 5.10, 5.12, 5.34, 5. 37, 5.38, 5.51, 5.53. Due date: Friday 11/11 at 5pm.
(10/26) We will have a 30-45 minute quiz on monday 10/31. It will cover chapters 1, 2 and 3.
(10/26) HW #3: problems 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, 4.11, 4.38-44 (seven sections of one problems). Due date: Friday 11/4 at 5pm.
(10/19) HW #2: problems 3.9, 3.11, 3.15, 3.23, 3.27, 3.30, 3.34, 3.41, 3.43, 3.48. Due date: Friday 10/28 at 5pm.
(10/12) HW #1: problems 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.9, 2.15, 2.28, 2.30, 2.31, 2.37, 2.38, 2.54 and 2.55 from the text. Due date: Friday 10/21 at 5pm.
(10/9) The lecture viewgraphs are posted online (in pdf). The page is password protected, and the username and password are emailed to class list.
(10/9) The TA office location and office hours have been updated (M 4-6 @2101 Kemper).

(9/29) There will be no class no Monday (10/3).
(9/29) Class announcements will be posted here. Please hit the reload button to make sure you read the updated version.

lecture slides
The credit for some of lecture slides goes to Prof Ryan Kastner (UCSB), Prof John Owens (UC-Davis), Prof Kent Wilken (UC-Davis) and publisher instructor resources. While I try to cite the sources during the lectures, I would like to thank my colleagues once again and acknowledge their work.

Course web page: http://www.ece.ucdavis.edu/~soheil/ teaching/EEC170A-F05/
Email. (please use email to contact me only for urgent or personal matters that CANNOT be handled through office hours, in-class questions, or immediately after class.)

Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface, Third Edition, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2005, Authors: David A. Patterson, John L. Hennessy ISBN: 1558606041 (sorry, it is not possible to use other editions.)

Prerequisites: EEC 70 and EEC 180A
All quizzes and exams cover material from assigned readings, lectures, and homework. Some material may be present in only one of these sources. Some questions might not be directly discussed in class, but they are solvable by analyzing and applying the covered material (i.e. you are expected to be able to show some degree of reasoning and analytical thinking).
Midterm exam will be on Wednesday 11/9/05 in class.
Final exam will be cumulative but with an emphasis on material since the midterm. It will be on 12/16/2005 at 1:30 pm.

All work must be done individually. On each homework, write your name, and problem set number clearly at the top.
All homeworks are due on Friday at 5pm. You can drop the homeworks in the course hw box in room 2111. Unfortunately, late homeworks will not be accepted.

Some unannounced quizzes will be given throughout the course. They are designed such that students that do required readings and listen in lecture will earn very high scores. Students that do not do required readings and do not listen in lecture will likely receive much lower scores.
The midterm and final exam are mandatory components of this course. Unfortunately, no early or late exams are possible. If an unavoidable emergency prevents your attendance at the midterm or final, you will be required to submit written proof of the emergency and the make-up exam will likely be given as an oral exam with the instructor.

In this course, all work must be done "individually"--meaning done entirely by the student whose name is on the work. However, asking other students conceptual questions and explaining high-level concepts are important steps in the learning process and are strongly encouraged. This is very different from giving or receiving aid related to a specific assigned problem--which is not permitted. Copying someone else's work or allowing your work to be copied in any setting (hwk, quiz, exams, etc) does not promote learning, is unfair to honest students, and WILL BE immediately reported to Student Judicial Affairs. Students that observe inappropriate activity should report what they see (anonymously if desired) to the TA or the instructor.