Dr. Xiaolin (Andy) Li
Email: xiaolin @ cs
Office hours: Monday 3pm-5pm (Stillwater, MSCS 223, Phone# 405-744-2338), Thursday 3pm-5pm (Tulsa, NH 328, Phone# 918-594-8188), or by appointment
URL: http://www.cs.okstate.edu/~xiaolin
Mr. Winston J. Liu
Office hours: Thursday 3pm-5pm (Stillwater, MSCS 230) or by appointment
Email: jiliu @ cs.okstate.edu
Prerequisite: CS 3443 (Computer Systems). The objective of this course is to study computer architecture design by examining architectural concepts with consideration of performance, usability, reliability, and power management etc. This course covers a number of issues involved in the design and utilization of high performance computing systems. These include: Instruction Set Architecture, Performance Evaluation, Pipeline Microprocessor, Cache and Memory, Multiprocessor and Parallel Computing, Interconnection Network, and Embedded Systems.
Time: Monday 7:20pm-10:00pm (The first class will be on Monday 1/9/2006)
Place: Stillwater MSCS 310, Tulsa NCB 209
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(HP) John L. Hennessy and David A. Patterson,
Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Third Edition, 2003. ISBN 1-55860-596-7 Book website: http://tinyurl.com/xzzm |
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(Recommended, readings will be
available online) (HJS) Mark D. Hill, Norman P. Jouppi, and Gurindar S. Sohi
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http://www.cs.okstate.edu/~xiaolin/teaching/cs5113
- Introduction
- Instruction Set Architecture
- Pipelined Processor
- Advanced Pipelining and Instruction-Level Parallelism
- Memory Systems
- Storage Systems and I/O
- Interconnection Networks
- Multiprocessors
- Parallel and Distributed Computing
- Wireless Sensor Networks
Class participation bonus: 5%
Programming and homework
assignments: 40%
Midterm Exams (2): 20% each
Term paper and presentation: 20%
Note: Homework, term papers and program assignments are due at the beginning of class on the date they are due (unless announced in class otherwise). Late homework will not be accepted. Late program penalty is 10% per calendar day, according to the date and time on the printout. Only when verifiable extenuating circumstances can be demonstrated will make-up exams or extended assignment due dates be considered. Verifiable extenuating circumstances must be reasons beyond control of the students, such as illness or accidental injury. Poor performance in class is not an extenuating circumstance. Advise your instructor of the verifiable extenuating circumstances in advance or as soon as possible. In such situations, the date and nature of the make-up exams and the extended due dates for the assignments will be decided by the instructor.
Attendance Policy:
Attendance is strongly encouraged, but not required or monitored (except for the first two classes). Students are responsible for any material covered in class. Some of the materials covered in class will not be in the textbook. Announcements about homework, projects, programming assignments, etc. will be made in class and/or (or by an announcement on my web-page). Students are to check the course webpage (or their emails in class accounts) regularly.
Collaboration Policy:
Discussion of techniques and ideas covered in class is encouraged. However, every line of on all assignments must be your own. A statement required by the university: "Care must be taken that exam answers are not seen by others, that term papers or projects are not plagiarized by others or otherwise misused by others, etc. Even passive cooperation in a dishonest enterprise is unacceptable." In programming assignments, discussion of techniques in a natural language (such as English) is allowed, but a discussion in a computer or algorithmic language is not allowed. (Computer language discussions and questions are to be limited to the language and should not concern the assignment.) Stealing, giving or receiving any code, drawings, diagrams, texts or designs is not allowed. In examinations, no discussion of any kind (except with the instructor) is allowed. No access to any type of written material is allowed. Students who do not comply with the above described collaboration policy will receive a grade of F in the course. Furthermore, the case will be reported to the University Officials.
http://osu.okstate.edu/acadaffr/aa/syllabusattachment-Spr.htm
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