Problems are taken from John Paul Shen and Mikko H. Lipasti, Modern Processor Design: Fundamentals of Superscalar Processors, McGraw Hill, 2005.
| Meeting # | Date Assigned | Date Due | Assignment | Solution | Notes & Recommended Additional Problems | Quizzes & Tests |
Reading Assignments |
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January 27, 2010 |
February 3, 2010 |
P1.6, P1.12, P1.15 |
1 | For P1.6, assume stores require
1 cycle. |
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Chapters 1 & 2 |
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February 3, 2010 | February 24, 2010 | P2.2, P2.13, P2.17 |
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Chapter 3 |
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February 10, 2010 |
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Canceled due to inclement
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February 17, 2010 |
February 24, 2010 |
P3.1, P3.16, P3.24 |
3 | For P3.16, read "Given local miss rates of 4%" where the problem reads "Given local miss rates for the 4%". | Quiz 1 | Chapter 4 |
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February 24, 2010 |
March 3, 2010 | P4.8, P4.10, P4.11, P4.12 |
4 | For P.8, for "TYP" read "TEM". For P.10, show the routing of the multiplexer logic signals, too. |
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Chapter 5 |
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March 3, 2010 |
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Chapter 6 |
| 6 | March 10, 2010 |
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Midterm Exam. No homework due today. | |
Chapter 7 |
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March 17, 2010 |
March 24, 2010 |
P5.1, P5.2, P5.3 |
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Note: Problem Set 6 is a
follow-on assignment to Problem Set 5. You may wish to retain a
copy of Problem Set 5 for later use. Spring break: regular class. |
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Chapter 8 |
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March 24, 2010 |
March 31, 2010 | P5.4, P5.5, P5.6 |
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March 31, 2010 |
April 7, 2010 | P6.8, P7.5 |
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Quiz 2 | Chapter 9 |
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April 7, 2010 |
April 14, 2010 | P9.2, P9.3 |
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April 14, 2010 | April 21, 2010 | P9.8 | 9 |
Term Paper due. Student presentations. |
Quiz 3 | Chapter 10 |
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April 21, 2010 |
April 28, 2010 | P10.8 |
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Student presentations. | |
Chapter 11 |
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April 28, 2010 |
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Student presentations. Course review. |
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May 5, 2010 |
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No homework due today. | Final exam. |
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Last updated: 5 May 2010