CMSC 411 Syllabus Fall 2020

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 CMSC 411 Computer Architecture Syllabus Fall 2020
 Class schedule, topic and assignments
  Online, you must read all web pages and follow instructions.
  Asynchronous, to scheduled online classes.

 Reading assignments: from fourth or later edition of textbook.
  Homework and projects are due midnight on the date listed.
  No late penalty for this online course.
 



Lec Date   Subject                            Reading          Homework
                                                               assigned due

 1.
    8/27   Introduction, terminology          1.1-1.5          HW1
 2. 
    9/1    Benchmarks                         1.7
 3. 
    9/3    Performance,                       1.4              HW2     HW1
 4. 
    9/8    CPU operation                      skim 2.1-2.11 read p78  
 5. 
    9/10   Instructions and registers         skim 2.1-2.11    HW3     HW2
                                              read p121
 6. 
    9/15   VHDL introduction                  VHDL web Pages
 7. 
    9/17   Arithmetic                         C.5-C.6          HW4     HW3
                                              VHDL WEB Pages
 8. 
    9/22   ALU                                3.1-3.2 
 9. 
    9/24   Multiply                           3.3              HW5 
 10. 
    9/29   Divide                             3.4
 11. 
    10/1   Floating Point                     3.5                      HW4*
 12. 
    10/6    VHDL - circuits and debugging      VHDL web pages   HW6     HW5 
 13. 
    10/13   Microprogramming - review          web pages
                                              study
 14. 
    10/15   mid-term exam  on web page for download

 15. 
    10/20   Control Unit                       5.1-5.4 
 16. 
    10/22   Pipelining 1                       4.1-4.3                  HW6*
 17. 
    10/27   Pipelining 2                       4.5-4.6          HW7

 18. 
    10/29   Project outline and VHDL           VHDL web pages   proj1
 19. 
    11/3    Pipelining Data Forwarding         4.7              proj2a   HW7
 20. 
    11/5    Hazard and stalls                  4.7              HW8
                                                               proj2b
 21. 
    11/10   Cache                              5.1-5.2          HW9      Proj1*
 22. 
    11/12   Cache performance                  5.3              proj3a   HW8
 23. 
    11/17   Virtual memory 1                   5.4              HW10     HW9
                                                                        Proj2a*
 24. 
    11/19   Virtual memory 2                   web page         proj3b

 25. 
    11/24   I/O types and performance          6.3-6.7          HW11     HW10
                                                                        Proj2b*

Thanksgiving

 26. 
    12/1    DVR, DVD-RW, CDR, CD-RW            web page
 27.
    12/3    Busses, I/O-processor connection   6.5              HW12     HW11
                                                                        Proj3a*
 28. 
    12/8    Multiprocessors
                                                               study
 29. 
    12/8   Study Guide in lect 29
                                                               study


 30. 
    12/8   Final Exam  download and edit
          submit cs411 final final32?.doc
                                                                        HW12
                                                                        Proj3b

Final exam and projects due 12/15/2020

    No late homework accepted after midnight 12/15/2020
    * submitted, not graded until next weekend (not late for a while)
    Projects are graded only once, do not do "submit" until finished.
    Check will be made for copying after midnight 12/15.
    Missing or copied projects get a zero.
CMSC 411 Computer Architecture Syllabus Fall 2020

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