Administrivia

Instructor

• Greg Steffan
• more contact info

• Kelly Chan
• EA317 (Engineering Annex)

• Wednesdays 1-3pm, Bahen 4164, starting January 7th 2004

• Basic knowledge of computer architecture and organization is required
• It is highly recommended that students have taken ECE341/352 (computer organization), ECE385 (microprocessor systems) or equivalent
• ECE552 (computer architecture) is an asset but not required.
• You may not take this course for credit if you have already taken ECE1773-Computer Architecture (except by permission of the instructor)

• Recommended textbook: ``Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach'', J. L. Hennessy and D. A. Patterson, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers.
• see Resources

• Homework: 25%
• Midterm: 20%
• Project: 40%
• Class participation: 15%