| Week (Mon.) | Tuesday | Thursday | Readings | Other |
| Aug 23 | Introduction | Introduction | Ch 1 and Appendix A The Trouble with Multicore |
Project Homework 1 Intro slides (final) Assembly review, MIPS Ref, MIPS animator |
| Aug 30 | Introduction | Pipelining | Appendix A and Appendix B AMD 2011 procs: Slide show 1, Slide show 2 |
Pipelining slides pdf |
| Sept 6 | Pipelining | Memory Hierarchy Review | Appendix C |
Group members due Tuesday, Sept 7 @ 5pm Memory slides pdf, |
| Sept 13 | Memory Hierarchy Review ILP |
ILP | Appendix C and Ch 2 Optical links |
Homework 1 due Tuesday, Sept 14 @ 5pm ILP Slides (temp) pdf, |
| Sept 20 | ILP | ILP | Ch 2 Intel's Sandy Bridge |
Tomasulo's Alg Example -
pptx
pdf Homework 2 |
| Sept 27 | ILP | ILP Limitations | Ch 2 and Ch 3 Tilera's 100-core processor |
Project proposal due Tuesday, Sept 28 @ 5pm Midterm study guide Tomasulo example and solution |
| Oct 4 | ILP Limitations Review for midterm |
Midterm |
ILP Limitations slides (temp)
pdf, |
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| Oct 11 | ILP Limitations MLP/TLP |
MLP/TLP | Ch 4 | MLP and TLP slides pdf, ppt. |
| Oct 18 | MLP/TLP | MLP/TLP | Ch 4 |
Homework 3 |
| Oct 25 | No Class | No Class | ||
| Nov 1 | Memory Hierarchy Design | Memory Hierarchy Design | Ch 5 |
Project status update due Tuesday, Nov 2 @ 5pm |
| Nov 8 | Memory Hierarchy Design | No Class | Ch 5 |
Homework 3 due Tuesday, Nov 9 @ 5pm Advanced memory slides (temp) pdf, ppt. |
| Nov 15 | Storage Systems | Storage Systems | Ch 6 |
RAID Storage slides (temp) pdf, ppt Homework 4 |
| Nov 22 | Storage Systems | Thanksgiving | Ch 6 | |
| Nov 29 | Storage Systems Review for midterm |
No Class | Ch 6 |
Final project report due Tuesday, Nov 30 @ 5pm Midterm 2 Study Guide |
| Dec 6 | Midterm | Reading Day | Homework 4 due Monday, Dec 6 @ 5pm |