CmpE / CS 4760 Advanced Computer Architecture

Winter 1998

LECTURE: T,TH 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Van Leer C341
INSTRUCTOR: Linda Wills
OFFICE: CoC 302, PHONE: 894-4565
E-MAIL: linda.wills@ee.gatech.edu
OFFICE HOURS: Monday 1-3, Wednesday 2-3
(and by appointment)

This course addresses advanced issues in the design and evaluation of high performance single-processor architectures. Topics include RISC design techniques, pipelining, instruction-level parallelism, pipelining, superscalar systems, high-performance memory systems, and performance evaluation.

Text: Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach, by Hennessey and Patterson (2nd edition, 1996).

Exam Schedule:

Project 2

Study Problems:

  • Study Problems One
  • Solutions for Study Problems One
  • Study Problems Two
  • Solutions for Study Problems Two
  • Study Problems Three
  • Solutions for Study Problems Three
  • Study Problems Four
  • Solutions for Study Problems Four
  • Sample Midterm Exam
  • Solutions for Sample Midterm Exam
  • Sample Midterm Exam 2
  • Solutions for Sample Midterm Exam 2
  • Sample Final Exam
  • Solutions for Winter 98 Midterm Exam

    Interesting Sites:

  • The CPU Center at UC Berkeley
  • Pentium Pro Animated Tutorial
  • Chipshots

    Questions concerning this class or problems with this page? Please contact:
    Linda Wills/ linda.wills@ee.gatech.edu / (404) 894-4565