ECE1718 Spring 2005:
Modern and Emerging Architectures

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Lectures and Other Events

Future events are tentative.
Lecture slides are available in pdf form (requiring acrobat reader).

Phase 1

Date Lecture Readings (out, due Monday night before next class) Homework/Project Out Homework/Project Due
Jan 5 Lecture 1: Administration (full, 4up) Review: Wall; "Task of the Referee"; HP 1
Jan 12 Lecture 2: Background (full, 4up) Review: Sohi/Smith; Review: McFarling; HP 2, 3 Homework1 out
Jan 19 Lecture 3: Uniprocessor Innovations (full, 4up) Review: Kroft;HP 4
Jan 26 Lecture 4: Memory Systems (full, 4up) Review: Rothberg;HP 5
Feb 2 Lecture 5: Parallel Programming (full, 4up) Review: Stenstrom; Review: Gharachorloo; HP 6 Homework2 out Homework1 in
Feb 9 Lecture 6: Parallel Architectures (full, 4up) Review: Burger; HP 8
Feb 16 Reading week---no class
Feb 23 Lecture 7: Trends (full, 4up) Homework2 in; Project Email Proposal in
HP = Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach, Second (or Third) Edition, by John L. Hennessy and David A. Patterson (recommended textbook)

Phase 2

Date Lecture Readings (due Monday night before class) Presenter Project Due
Mar 2 Multithreading Review: Tullsen; Review: Liao; SMT: Livio; Helpers: Josh Project written proposal in
Mar 9 Domain-Specific Review: Crowley; Review: Khailany; NPs: Ian; Imagine: Kevin
Mar 16 CMPs & Vectors Review: Kumar; Review: Krashinsky; CMPs: Blair; Vector: Arun;
Mar 23 TLS Review: Steffan; TLS: Greg Project email interim in
Mar 30 EDGE Review: Burger; Review: Swanson; TRIPS: Mark; Wavescalar: Gabriel
Apr 6 New Fabrics Review: Taylor; Review: Budiu; RAW: Daniel; Spatial: Manuel
Apr 13 Project Presentations project presentations
Apr 20 written report draft due; reviews due friday
Apr 27 final written report due