CPSC 614: Computer Architecture

Instructor

Lawrence Rauchwerger

Dept. of Computer Science

HRBB 515B

Tel: 845-8872

Email: rwerger@cs.tamu.edu

Course Web Page: http://parasol.tamu.edu/people/rwerger/

Newsgroup: tamu.classes.cpsc614

Office Hours: MWF following class and by appointment

Teaching Assistant

Dongmin Zhang

Email:dzhang@cs.tamu.edu

Office: 514F Bright

Tel: 862-8106

http://parasol.tamu.edu/people/dzhang

Location

Lecture: HRBB 113 MWF 1:50—2:40pm

Projects: Computer Science facilities will be used for the project. If you do not have one, an account can be obtained at the CSG Help Desk, HRBB 210.

Texts

· Computer Architecture, A Quantitative Approach, Third Edition, Hennessy and Patterson, Morgan Kaufmann, 2002. Other papers as necessary.

Course Summary

This course covers many aspects of computer architecture and implementation. Features of architectures including pipelining, superscalar execution, caches, shared memory systems, and input/output are also examined. Throughout a rigorous quantitative approach is taken to examine different system design tradeoffs. The topic sequence will be similar to that of the textbook.

TENTATIVE Grading

Test 1	20%
Test 2	20%
Final Exam	20%
Homework	10%
Project	30%

Policies

Prerequisite: CPSC 321 or instructor’s permission. You need to know the material in Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface, Second Edition by Patterson and Hennessy. If you don’t, you will have to work really hard the first few weeks. See the CPSC 321 course Web page (http://www.cs.tamu.edu/course-info/cpsc321/miket) for more information.

Academic Dishonesty: Collaboration on coursework is forbidden except where specifically specified as “Team” activities. In general, one team may not collaborate with another team on “Team” activities. Students violating this policy will be subject to procedures described in Section 20 (Scholastic Dishonesty) of the current edition of the Texas A&M University Student Rules (http://student-rules.tamu.edu ).

Copyright Notice: The materials in this course are copyrighted. This includes Web site content, class slides, text, papers, syllabi, projects, homework, handouts, textbook, etc. Because these materials are copyrighted, it is illegal for you to copy the handouts, unless expressly granted permission. Note that there are several copyright holders, so permission must be granted by the appropriate source. In particular, the fact that the textbook is a draft does not grant you permission to make copies of it.

Disabilities: Students with documented disabilities that may require accommodation should identify themselves to the instructor at the beginning of the semester.