15-740 Computer Architecture
Fall 1999
Schedule

Class Date Day Topic Reading Homework Who

1 9/8 Wed Performance & Technology H&P Ch. 1 #1 Out TCM

2 9/13 Mon Alpha Programming H&P Ch. 2 TCM

3 9/15 Wed Instruction Set Comparison H&P App. C & D TCM

4 9/20 Mon Basic Pipelining H&P Ch. 3 #1 Due, #2 Out TCM

5 9/22 Wed Advanced Pipelining H&P Ch. 4 TCM

6 9/27 Mon Superscalar Processing I H&P Ch. 4 TCM

7 9/29 Wed Superscalar Processing II H&P Ch. 4 TCM

8 10/4 Mon The Memory Hierarchy H&P Ch. 5 #2 Due CBC

9 10/6 Wed Recent Research on Uniprocessors TCM

10/11 Mon Mid-Semester Break

10 10/13 Wed Cache Performance H&P Ch. 5 Project Proposal CBC

11 10/18 Mon Virtual Memory H&P Ch. 5 CBC

10/20 Wed Exam I N/A

12 10/25 Mon Multiprocessor Arch. Overview H&P Ch. 8,CSG Ch. 1 TCM

13 10/27 Wed Parallel Programming I CSG Ch. 2 TCM

14 11/1 Mon Parallel Programming II CSG Ch. 3 & 4 TCM

15 11/3 Wed Cache Coherence I CSG Ch. 5 CBC

16 11/8 Mon Cache Coherence II CSG Ch. 5 Project Milestone CBC

17 11/10 Wed Synchronization CSG Ch. 5 CBC

18 11/15 Mon Memory Consistency CSG Ch. 6 TCM

19 11/17 Wed Latency Tolerance CSG Ch. 11 TCM

20 11/22 Mon Interconnects, Message-Passing CSG Ch. 10 Project Due TCM

11/24 Wed Thanksgiving

21 11/29 Mon Recent Research on Multiprocessors CBC

22 12/1 Wed Project Poster Session N/A

12/6 Mon Exam II (during Final Exam slot)