15-740 Computer Architecture
Fall 2000 Schedule

 

Table 1: CS 740, Fall 2000, Tentative Schedule.

Class	Date	Day	Topic	Reading	Homework	Who
1	9/13	Wed	Performance & Technology	H&P Ch. 1	#1 Out	TCM
2	9/15	Fri	Alpha Programming	H&P Ch. 2		TCM
3	9/18	Mon	Instruction Set Comparison	H&P App. C & D		TCM
4	9/20	Wed	Basic Pipelining	H&P Ch. 3		TCM
5	9/22	Fri	Advanced Pipelining	H&P Ch. 4	#1 Due, #2 Out	TCM
6	9/25	Mon	Superscalar Processing Concepts	H&P Ch. 4		TCM
7	9/27	Wed	Superscalar Processing Practice	H&P Ch. 4		TCM
8	9/29	Fri	The Memory Hierarchy	H&P Ch. 5		ADB
9	10/2	Mon	Programming for Performance			ADB
10	10/4	Wed	Virtual Memory	H&P Ch. 5		ADB
11	10/6	Fri	Recent Research on Uniprocessors I	Handouts	#2 Due	N/A
12	10/9	Mon	Recent Research on Uniprocessors II	Handouts		N/A
	10/11	Wed	Exam I
13	10/13	Fri	Intro to Parallel Architecture	H&P Ch. 8,CSG Ch. 1		TCM
14	10/16	Mon	Parallel Programming I	CSG Ch. 2		TCM
15	10/18	Wed	Parallel Programming II	CSG Ch. 3 & 4		TCM
	10/20	Fri	Mid-Semester Break (No Class)		Project Proposal	N/A
	10/23	Mon	Mid-Semester Break (No Class)			N/A
16	10/25	Wed	Cache Coherence I	CSG Ch. 5		TCM
17	10/27	Fri	Cache Coherence II	CSG Ch. 5		TCM
18	10/30	Mon	Memory Consistency	CSG Ch. 6		TCM
19	11/1	Wed	Synchronization	CSG Ch. 5		ADB
20	11/3	Fri	Interconnection Networks	CSG Ch. 10		ADB
21	11/6	Mon	Recent Research on Multiprocessors	Handouts		N/A
	11/20	Mon			Project Milestone
	11/29	Wed	Exam II
	12/4	Mon			Project Due
	12/11	Mon	Project Poster Session