Schedule: Spring 2009

CS 654 Projects Homeworks Grading FAQ

                       Schedule will be updated as soon as possible.

Day Date Topic
Homework,
Project
Slides
References,
Further Reading
1Jan 21  Introduction

l1 CA:Chap 1 
2Jan 23  
Introduction

l2 CA:Chap 1 
3Jan 26  
Technology Trends

l3 CA:Chap 1 
4Jan 28  
Dependability, Performance

l4, l4a CA:Chap 1 
5Jan 30  
Pipelining

l5 CA:Appendix A 
6Feb 2  
Pipelining

CA:Appendix A 
7Feb 4  
Pipelining

CA:Appendix A 
8Feb 6  
Memory hierarchy

l6
CA:Appendix C 
9Feb 9  
Memory hierarchy

HW 1
 
10Feb 11  
Memory hierarchy

 
11Feb 13   ILP

l7
CA: Chap 2 
12Feb 16   ILP
HW1 due, HW2
CA: Chap 2 
13Feb 18   ILP

CA: Chap 2 
14Feb 20   ILP

CA: Chap 2 
15Feb 23   ILP, Speculation

l8
 
16Feb 25   ILP, Speculation
HW2 due

CA: Chap 2 
17Feb 27   ILP
HW3
CA: Chap 2 
18Mar 2   Let it snow 8-)
HW3,
write up Wall's paper due,
topics for projects
 
19Mar 4   ILP limits

l9
CA: Chap 3 
20Mar 6   ILP

CA: Chap 3 
--Mar 9-13   Spring Break

 
21Mar 16   SMT
Project Proposal due
CA: Chap 3 
22Mar 18   SMT

CA: Chap 3 
23Mar 20   Vector Processors

l11
CA:Appendix F 
24Mar 23   Vector Processors
Project Pres. Outline due
l12
CA:Appendix F 
25Mar 25  
Vector processors

CA: Appendix F 
26Mar 27   Multiprocessors


CA: Chap 4 
27Mar 30   Multiprocessors

CA: Chap 4 
28Apr 1   Multiprocessors
Project Report+Pres. V1 due
CA: Chap 4 
29Apr 3   Multiprocessors


CA: Chap 4 
30Apr 6   Multiprocessors

l14
CA: Chap 4 
31Apr 8   Multiprocessors
Project Pres. due
CA: Chap 4 
Memory consistency tutorial
Memory consistency models
32Apr 10   Multiprocessors

 
33Apr 13   Storage Systems

 
34Apr 15   Summary, Projects: Sun Niagara

summary,
niagara
 
35Apr 17   Projects: Power6

Power6
 
36Apr 20   Projects: Cell

Cell1
 
37Apr 22   Projects: Blue Gene

 
38Apr 24   Projects: Intel Core 2
Core2
 
39Apr 27   Projects: Larrabee, NVidia GPU

Larrabee,NVidia
 
40Apr 29   Projects: Error Detection, Fault Tolerance

FT Processor
,FT Concepts
 
41May 1   Wrap up
Project Report due
summary
 
42May 6   9.00-12.00
In Class Exam
 




Peter Kemper
Jan 19, 2009