CPE 432 Computer Design
Introduction
Dr. Gheith Abandah
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Course Information
Textbook and References
Course Outline
Grading
Policies
Important Dates
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Course Information
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Instructor:
Email:
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Office:
• Prerequisites:
Dr. Gheith Abandah
abandah@ju.edu.jo
http://www.abandah.com/gheith
Computer Engineering 405
CPE 335: Computer Organization
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Mon 11:00 - 12:00
Tue 12:00 - 1:00
Thu 10:00 - 11:00
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Textbook and References
• Patterson and Hennessy, Computer Organization
and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface, 4th
ed., Morgan Kaufmann, 2009.
• References:
– Hennessy and Patterson. Computer Architecture: A
Quantitative Approach, 4th ed., Morgan Kaufmann, 2007.
– D. Culler and J.P. Singh with A. Gupta. Parallel Computer
Architecture: A Hardware/Software Approach, Morgan
Kaufmann, 1998.
– J. Hayes. Computer Architecture and Organization, 3rd ed.,
McGraw-Hill, 1998.
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Course Outline
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Introduction
Measuring and Summarizing Performance (1.4-1.10)
Advanced Instruction-Level Parallelism (4.10-4.15)
Memory Hierarchy (5.1-5.13)
Midterm Exam
• Storage and I/O (6.1-6.14)
• Multicores, Multiprocessors, and Clusters (7.1-7.14)
• Final Exam
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Grading
• Mid-Term Exam
30%
• 3 Homeworks and 2 Quizzes 20%
3 Homeworks and 2 Quizzes:
3 Marks for each homework,
and 11 marks for the 2 quizzes.
• Final Exam
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50%
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Policies
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Attendance is required.
All submitted work must be yours.
Cheating will not be tolerated.
Homeworks are due on exam or quiz dates.
This course requires significant effort.
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Important Dates
Sun 7 Feb 2010
Classes Begin
Sun 28 Feb 2010
Homework 1 Announcement
Sun 7 Mar 2010
Quiz 1 and Homework 1 Due
Sun 28 Mar 2010
Homework 2 Announcement
Sun 4 Apr 2010
Midterm Exam and Homework 2 Due
Tentative
Tue 27 Apr 2010
Homework 3 Announcement
Tue 4 May 2010
Quiz 2 and Homework 3 Due
Wed 19 May 2010
Last Lecture
Sun 23 May 2010
Final Exam (9:00-11:00)
Tentative
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