15-740 Computer Architecture
Fall 2001 Schedule

 

Table 1: CS 740, Fall 2001, Tentative Schedule.

Class	Date	Day	Topic	Reading	Homework
1	9/12	Wed	Performance & Technology	H&P Ch. 1	#1 Out
2	9/14	Fri	Alpha Programming	H&P Ch. 2
3	9/17	Mon	Instruction Set Comparison	H&P App. C & D
4	9/19	Wed	Basic Pipelining	H&P Ch. 3
5	9/21	Fri	Advanced Pipelining	H&P Ch. 4	#1 Due, #2 Out
6	9/24	Mon	Superscalar Processing Concepts	H&P Ch. 4
7	9/26	Wed	Superscalar Processing Practice	H&P Ch. 4
8	9/28	Fri	The Memory Hierarchy	H&P Ch. 5
9	10/1	Mon	Virtual Memory	H&P Ch. 5
10	10/3	Wed	Programming for Performance
11	10/5	Fri	Recent Research on Uniprocessors I	Handouts	#2 Due
12	10/8	Mon	Recent Research on Uniprocessors II	Handouts
	10/10	Wed	Exam I
13	10/12	Fri	Intro to Parallel Architecture	H&P Ch. 8,CSG Ch. 1
14	10/15	Mon	Parallel Programming I	CSG Ch. 2
15	10/17	Wed	Parallel Programming II	CSG Ch. 3 & 4
	10/19	Fri	Mid-Semester Break (No Class)		Project Proposal
	10/22	Mon	Mid-Semester Break (No Class)
16	10/24	Wed	Cache Coherence I	CSG Ch. 5
17	10/26	Fri	Cache Coherence II	CSG Ch. 5
18	10/29	Mon	Memory Consistency	CSG Ch. 6
19	10/31	Wed	Synchronization	CSG Ch. 5
20	11/2	Fri	Interconnection Networks	CSG Ch. 10
21	11/5	Mon	Recent Research on Multiprocessors	Handouts
	11/19	Mon			Project Milestone
	11/28	Wed	Exam II
	12/3	Mon			Project Due
	12/10	Mon	Project Poster Session