cpe 432 computer design introduction dr. gheith abandah
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CPE 432 Computer Design
Introduction
Dr. Gheith Abandah
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Outline
• Course Information
• Textbook and References
• Course Outline
• Grading
• Policies
• Important Dates
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Course Information
• Instructor: Dr. Gheith Abandah
• Email: [email protected]
• Home page: http://www.abandah.com/gheith
• Office: Computer Engineering 405
• Prerequisites: CPE 335: Computer Organization
• Office hours– Mon 11:00 - 12:00
– Tue 12:00 - 1:00
– Thu 10:00 - 11:00
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Textbook and References
• Patterson and Hennessy, Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface, 4th ed., Morgan Kaufmann, 2009.
• References:– Hennessy and Patterson. Computer Architecture: A
Quantitative Approach, 4th ed., Morgan Kaufmann, 2007.
– D. Culler and J.P. Singh with A. Gupta. Parallel Computer Architecture: A Hardware/Software Approach, Morgan Kaufmann, 1998.
– J. Hayes. Computer Architecture and Organization, 3rd ed., McGraw-Hill, 1998.
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Course Outline
• Introduction
• Measuring and Summarizing Performance (1.4-1.10)
• Advanced Instruction-Level Parallelism (4.10-4.15)
• Memory Hierarchy (5.1-5.13)
Midterm Exam
• Storage and I/O (6.1-6.14)
• Multicores, Multiprocessors, and Clusters (7.1-7.14)
• Final Exam
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Grading
• Mid-Term Exam 30%
• 3 Homeworks and 2 Quizzes 20%
3 Homeworks and 2 Quizzes:
3 Marks for each homework,
and 11 marks for the 2 quizzes.
• Final Exam 50%
Policies
• Attendance is required.
• All submitted work must be yours.
• Cheating will not be tolerated.
• Homeworks are due on exam or quiz dates.
• This course requires significant effort.
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Important Dates
Sun 7 Feb 2010 Classes Begin
Sun 28 Feb 2010 Homework 1 Announcement
Sun 7 Mar 2010 Quiz 1 and Homework 1 Due
Sun 28 Mar 2010 Homework 2 Announcement
Sun 4 Apr 2010Midterm Exam and Homework 2 Due
Tentative
Tue 27 Apr 2010 Homework 3 Announcement
Tue 4 May 2010 Quiz 2 and Homework 3 Due
Wed 19 May 2010 Last Lecture
Sun 23 May 2010Final Exam (9:00-11:00)
Tentative
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