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<H3><A NAME="grading">Grading</A></H3>
  <UL>
    <LI> 20% Homework
    <LI> 30% Midterm
    <LI> 20% Programming
    <LI> 30% Term Project
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<H3><A NAME="schedule">Approximate Schedule</A></H3>
<table border=2>
<tr>
<td align=left valign=top width=100><b>Date</b></td>
<td align=left valign=top width=300><b>Topic</b></td>
<td align=left valign=top width=200><b>Assignment</b></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Oct. 1</td>
	<td>Introduction</td>
	<td>Chapter 1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Oct. 3</td>
	<td><!WA28><A HREF="http://www.cs.uoregon.edu/classes/cis629/Lecture/Lecture2/Main.ps">Performance costs</A></td>
	<td>Chapter 1; Readings</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Oct. 8</td>
	<td><!WA29><A HREF="http://www.cs.uoregon.edu/classes/cis629/Lecture/Lecture3/Main.ps">Pipelining</A></td>
	<td>Chapter 3; Readings</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Oct. 10</td>
	<td><!WA30><A HREF="http://www.cs.uoregon.edu/classes/cis629/Lecture/Lecture4/Main.ps">Pipelining (continued)</A></td>
	<td>Chapter 3; Readings</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Oct. 15</td>
	<td><!WA31><A HREF="http://www.cs.uoregon.edu/classes/cis629/Lecture/Lecture5/Main.ps">Instruction Level Parallelism (ILP)*</A></td>
	<td>Chapter 3; Readings; Tutorial</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Oct. 22</td>
	<td><!WA32><A HREF="http://www.cs.uoregon.edu/classes/cis629/Lecture/Lecture6/Main.ps">ILP: Overcoming Data Hazards</A></td>
	<td>Chapter 3; Readings; Tutorial</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Oct. 24</td>
	<td>ILP: Reducing Branch Penalties</td>
	<td>Chapter 3; Readings; Tutorial</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Oct. 29</td>
	<td><!WA33><A HREF="http://www.cs.uoregon.edu/classes/cis629/Lecture/Lecture7/Main.ps">ILP: Superscalar</A></td>
	<td>Tutorial</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Oct. 31</td>
	<td>ILP: Limits</td>
	<td><b>TAKEHOME MIDTERM</b></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Nov. 5</td>
	<td><!WA34><A HREF="http://www.cs.uoregon.edu/classes/cis629/Lecture/Lecture8/Main.ps">Cache Systems</A></td>
	<td>Chapter 2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Nov. 7</td>
	<td><!WA35><A HREF="http://www.cs.uoregon.edu/classes/cis629/Lecture/Lecture9/Main.ps">Cache Systems</A></td>
	<td>Chapter 2; Readings</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Nov. 12</td>
	<td><!WA36><A HREF="http://www.cs.uoregon.edu/classes/cis629/Lecture/Lecture10/Main.ps">Memory Systems</A></td>
	<td>Chapter 6, Section 6.4 and 6.5; Readings</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Nov. 14</td>
	<td><!WA37><A HREF="http://www.cs.uoregon.edu/classes/cis629/Lecture/Lecture11/Main.ps">Multiprocessor Systems</A></td>
	<td>Chapter 6, Chapter 7; Readings</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Nov. 19</td>
	<td>No Class</td>
	<td>Work on Project</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Nov. 21**</td>
	<td>Cache Coherent Memory Systems</td>
	<td>Chapter 6: Readings</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Nov. 25***</td>
	<td>The Sequent STiNG architecture</td>
	<td>Readings: Sequent STiNG paper</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Nov. 26</td>
	<td>Multiprocessor Architectures</td>
	<td>Trip to Sequent</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Nov. 28</td>
	<td>THANKSGIVING</td>
	<td>THANKSGIVING</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Dec. 3</td>
	<td>Multiprocessor Architectures</td>
	<td>Chapter 6: Readings</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Dec. 5</td>
	<td>Multiprocessor Architectures</td>
	<td>Chapter 6: Readings</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Dec. 9</td>
	<td><b>PROJECT DUE</b></td>
	<td><b>PROJECT DUE</b></td>
</tr>
</table>
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*   This class will be taught by John Conery.
**  This class will be taught by Jan Cuny.
*** This is a Monday makeup class.
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<H3><A NAME="tutorials">Tutorials</A></H3>
<UL>
  <LI> Prof. Driscoll, Portland State University, has developed an online
	<!WA38><A HREF="http://www.ee.pdx.edu/~driscoll/super/begin.html">
	<cite>Tutorial on Superscalar Microprocessor Design</cite></A>.
	Each student must work through the "expert" level of the tutorial.
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<H3><A NAME="tools">Tools</A></H3>
<UL>
  <LI> <!WA39><A HREF="http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~larus/warts.html">
	Wisconsin Architectural Research Tool Set (WARTS)</A>.
	WARTS will, hopefully, be available for project use.

  <LI> <!WA40><A HREF="http://www.ece.neu.edu/~kevinrh/">
	A Dinero Server (Dinero by Remote)</A>.
	Dinero is a C-based cache simulation program that is provided as
	part of WARTS.

  <LI> <!WA41><a HREF="http://www.cs.uoregon.edu/classes/cis629/MINT/mint.user.manual.ps">
	MINT</a>: a fast program-driven simulator for multiprocessor systems.
	MINT will be available for project use.

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  <LI> <!WA42><A HREF="http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/pardo/sim.d/index1.d/Index.html">
	Instruction-Level Simulation And Tracing</A>
	- This contains a huge list of simulators, emulators, and tracing tools,
	including an extensive bibliography as well as list of people to contact.
</UL>

<H3><A NAME="miscellanea">Miscellanea</A></H3>
<UL>
  <LI> <!WA43><A HREF="http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~arch/www">Computer Architecture
	Home Page</A>.
	The WWW Computer Architecture Page was designed at the University
	of Wisconsin, Madison, to act as a central repository of links
	pointing to information relevant to computer architecture
	researchers and students.  It contains pointers to over seventy
	major architecture research groups and projects, most major
	computer architecture- related conferences, industrial pages,
	organizations, and news groups and a selection of miscellaneous
	links of interest to computer architects.

  <LI> Usenet newsgroup for computer architecture
	(<!WA44><A HREF="news:comp.arch">comp.arch</A>).

  <LI> <!WA45><A HREF="http://info.acm.org">ACM</A>
	Special Interest Group on Computer Architecture 
	<!WA46><A HREF="http://www.acm.org/sigarch/">(SIGARCH)</A><BR>

  <LI> <!WA47><A HREF="http://infopad.eecs.Berkeley.edu/CIC/">CPU Info Center</a>
	- info on current/future processors.

  <P>
  <LI> The <!WA48><A HREF="http://performance.netlib.org/performance/html/PDSbrowse.html">
	Performance Database</A> Server.

  <LI> <!WA49><A HREF="http://hpwww.epfl.ch/bench/bench.FAQ.html">
	Benchmarks FAQ</A> - from the newsgroup
	<!WA50><A HREF="news:comp.benchmarks">comp.benchmarks</A>.

  <LI>  <!WA51><A HREF="http://performance.netlib.org/performance/html/spec.html">
	SPEC benchmarks</A> -  SPEC92/SPEC95 benchmark suite from the
	<!WA52><A HREF="http://www.specbench.org/">
	Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation</A>.

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  <LI> <!WA53><A HREF="http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~markhill/spec92miss.html">
	Online Raw Data for <cite>Cache Performance of the SPEC92 Benchmark
	Suite</cite></A>
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<H3><A NAME="misconduct">Academic Misconduct</A></H3>
<UL>
  <LI> <!WA54><A HREF="http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~stl/conduct.html">University
	of Oregon's student conduct code</A>.

  <LI> <!WA55><A HREF="http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~stl/brochure.html">Student
	Academic Integrity</A>.
	A brochure put out by the UO Dean of Students.
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<H3><A NAME="class">Class Roster</A></H3>
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    Al-Fudhail, Maan		[e-mail]
    Appayya, Vimala		[e-mail]
    Fiskio-Lasseter, Jo		[e-mail]
    Galli, Mark			[e-mail]
    Gao, Yi			[e-mail]
    Lindlan, Kathleen		[e-mail]
    Ma, Chia-Cha		[e-mail]
    Palsule, Prachi		[e-mail]
    Pusca, Lornel		[e-mail]
    Reimer, Yolanda		[e-mail]
    Robertson, Chad		[e-mail]
    Sai, Teck			[e-mail]
    Sather, Jim			[e-mail]
    Sheth, Sai			[e-mail]
    Skidmore, Jenifer		[e-mail]
    Svitak, John		[e-mail]
    Wang, Chien-Chung		[e-mail]
    Wang, Zhunqin		[e-mail]
    Xiao, Yong			[e-mail]
    Xue, Jianzhong		[e-mail]
    Yang, Shuang		[e-mail]
    Yao, Lixing			[e-mail]
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