CSC-7080 – Computer Architecture

DEpartment of Computer Science – Louisiana State University

INFO

Prof. Konstantin Busch

Course Syllabus

Homeworks

Homework1

·         Due: February 17

·         Problems: 1.1, 1.7, 1.9, 1.12.a, 1.12.d

Homework2

·         Due: March 10

·         Problems: 2.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.6.c, 2.11, 2.12.a, 2.12b

Homework 3

·         Due: Tuesday April 14

·         Problems: 4.1.a, 4.1.b, 4.1.c, 4.2.a, 4.2.b, 4.7.a, 4.7.b, 4.17.a, 4.17.b

Homework 4

·         Due: Friday May 1

·         Problems: 5.1.a, 5.1.b, 5.4.a, 5.6.a, 5.6.c

Computer Projects

Project 1

·         Problem: Case Study 2 in page 149 of book.

·         Deadline: March 20

Project 2

·         Project 2 Description: project2.pdf

·         Deadline: April 30

·         Run your program for the following test cases:

o    test1.txt (provided by Khadija Elbedweihy)

o    test2.txt

o    test3.txt (provided by JongHoon Kim and Gokarna Sharma)

o    test4.txt (provided by JongHoon Kim and Gokarna Sharma)

(if you have any other test case send it to me)

Paper Presentation Assignment

In this assignment you will present a paper of your choice in a 10-minute presentation in class in April 28 (last class). You may select a paper from one of the following proceedings of major computer architecture conferences:

ISCA: International Symposium on Computer Architecture

MICRO: International Symposium on Microarchitecture

HPCA: International Symposium on High-Performance Computer Architecture 

ASPLOS: Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems

Additional computer architecture conferences can be found in this list:

Link to major computer architecture conferences

You may also select a paper from other sources related to computer architecture. As soon as you have have selected a paper please notify me with email about you selection just to make sure that the paper you have chosen is within the interests of the course.

Exams

Midterm

·         Date: March 24

·         Content: Chapters 1-3, Appendix A

·         Rules: Open boon examination

Final Exam

·         Date: May 8, 5:10-7:30

·         Main focus on: Chapter 4, Appendix C, Chapter 5 (all except Virtual Machines), Chapter 6 (only the Raid systems)

You also need to know: Chapters 1-3 and Appendix A

·         Format: Open boon examination