Class Time: 9:10A.M. – 10:25A.M., M.W.
Class Location: 112 Schorr Center
Office hours: 10:30 A.M. – 11:30 A.M., M.W.
Instructor: Dr. Hong Jiang;
Office Location: 103 Schorr
Center,
472-6747; jiang@cse.unl.edu
Syllabus Course Schedule
Academic Integrity Policy Late Policy Important Resources
Useful Info
Project Teams Homework Grade
Status
Required
Textbook : John P. Shen and Mikko H. Lipasti, Modern
Processor Design - Fundamentals of Superscalar Processors, McGraw-Hill Higher
Education, 2005. (Link to the book on Amazon.com and at the publisher's website)
Reference Text and Materials: John L. Hennessy and David A. Patterson,
Computer Architecture -- A Quantitative Approach, 4th Edition, Morgan Kaufmann
Publishers Inc., 2007, (Link to the book
on Amazon.com and at the publisher's course website) and the latest literature in the area.
Useful Info: A very good source of information about the state of
computer architecture, plus many reference materials on oral and written
communication exist:
Late Policy: Late work is
penalized 20% per day. Once solutions are published, late work cannot be
accepted for credit.
Academic Integrity Policy: While collaboration on homework is permitted,
blatant copying will not be tolerated. Violators, if caught, will subject to
penalties ranging from a zero for the homework assignment in question to an F
grade for the course, depending on the severity of the violation.
·
The
CSE-UNL Academic Integrity Policy
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Date |
Topics |
Reading Assignment & References |
Assignment Date |
Due Date |
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8/24 |
Course Syllabus and Introduction |
Chapter 1 of text &
reference |
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8/26 |
Chapter 1 of text &
reference |
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8/31 |
Review of ISA and Scalar Pipeline (Reference Slide2, Slide3, Slide4) |
Chapter 1 of text &
reference |
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9/2 |
Review
of ISA and Scalar Pipeline (Reference
Slide2, Slide3, Slide4) |
Chapter 1 of text &
reference |
Pre-requisite Test |
9:45am-10:25am |
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9/7 |
Labor Day |
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9/9 |
Review
of ISA and Scalar Pipeline (Reference
Slide2, Slide3, Slide4) |
Chapters 1 & 4 of text & Chapter 2 & 3
of reference
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9/14 |
Chapters 1 & 4 of text & Chapter 2 & 3
of reference
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9/16 |
Chapters 1 & 4 of text
& Chapter 2 & 3 of reference |
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9/21 |
Introduction into CMP Processors (online
lecture) |
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9/23 |
Memory
Hierarchy in CMP (An Introduction) |
Chapter 3 of the text &
Chapters 4 & 5 of the reference text |
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9/28 |
Chapters 5 & 9 of the text
& Chapters 2 & 3 of the reference text |
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9/30 |
Chapters 5 & 9 of the text
& Chapters 2 & 3 of the reference text |
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10/5 |
Chapters 5 & 9 of the text
& Chapters 2 & 3 of the reference text |
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10/7 |
Chapters 5 & 9 of the text
& Chapters 2 & 3 of the reference text |
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10/12 |
In class |
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10/14 |
Chapters 5 & 9 of the text
& Chapters 2 & 3 of the reference text |
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10/20 |
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10/26 |
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10/28 |
Chapter 11 of the text &
Chapters 3 & 4 of the reference text |
In class |
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11/2 |
Chapter 11 of the text &
Chapters 3 & 4 of the reference text |
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11/4 |
Chapter 11 of the text &
Chapters 3 & 4 of the reference text |
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11/9 |
Team Presentations of Selected
Research Papers (HW3) |
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In class |
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11/11 |
Team Presentations of Selected
Research Papers (HW3) |
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In class |
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11/16 |
Chapter 11 of the text &
Chapters 3 & 4 of the reference text |
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11/18 |
Discussion on Team-based Term Projects:
An
Introduction to CMP Simulators |
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11/23 |
Chapter 11 of the text &
Chapters 3 & 4 of the reference text |
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11/30 |
Chapter 11 of the text &
Chapters 3 & 4 of the reference text |
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Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, by email |
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12/2 |
In-Class Examination (open book
& notes) |
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Team Name |
Names of Team Members |
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Team 1: |
Mona Metaliya,
Elena Sherman, Agnelo Silva and Derek Weitzel |
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Team 2: |
Lei Xu,
Leping Wang, Song Yang |
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Team 3: |
Charles Ferreira Barbosa, David Jessen, Jonathan
Ray |
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Team 4: |
Project Reference and Reading List
1. Assignment #1:
Due Monday, October 12, 2009, in class
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2. Assignment
#2: Due Wednesday, October 28, 2009, in class |
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3. Assignment #3: Due Monday and Wednesday, November 9 and 11, 2009, in
class |
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4. Assignment #4: Due Tuesday,
November 24, 2009, by email |