CMPE 110
Computer Architecture
Fall 2003

Contact information | Class information | Class notes | Homework | Exams and grading policy

Announcements

  1. Please note that the classroom for the final has been assigned (same one as the midterm's)
  2. Wednesday, Dec. 3, Mike will be teaching Alex’s section.  This section will review all topics from Single Cycle CPU to the end of the course.  If you are behind, it is recommended you attend this section.
  3. Quiz 7 solution online
  4. Please look at IMP-quiz4note.txt on quiz solution page for change to the Quiz 4 solution.

Contact information

Instructor

Andrea Di Blas
E-mail: andrea@soe.ucsc.edu
Phone: 459 4193
Office: Baskin Engineering, room 316
Office hours: Wednesday 5:00pm to 6:30pm (after class), and by appointment via email

Teaching assistants

Michael LaGrange
E-mail: lagrange@soe.ucsc.edu
Sessions:
Tuesday 10:00am to 11:45am in Porter 250
Thursday 4:00pm to 5:10pm in Classroom Unit 201
Friday 12:00pm to 1:40pm at whiteboards for now

 

Chintan Desai
E-mail: chintan@soe.ucsc.edu
Office hours: Thursday 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Locations TBA, whiteboards for now.

Tutor

Alexandra Carey
E-mail: fire@soe.ucsc.edu
Homework session: Monday 2:00pm to 3:10pm at whiteboards for now
Session: Wednesday 7:00pm to 8:40pm in Cowell 216

Class information

Class meetings

Location: Social Sciences I Room 110

Time: Monday/Wednesday/Friday 3:30 -- 4:40pm
(that's ALL those days, not an option)

Textbook

Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface,
David A. Patterson and John L. Hennessy, Morgan Kaufmann Ed., Second Edition, 1998.

Syllabus

Provisional schedule.

Newsgroup

ucsc.class.cmpe110. Andrea and Alex all check this newsgroup frequently.

Above newsgroup is hand-mirrored to Yahoo! Groups cupertino110 as a courtesy for Cupertino extension students. Feel free to subscribe to the mailing list. Instructions are listed at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cupertino110/.

 

Class notes

  1. Class notes (as soon as available) are provided, in two (.2p) and four (.4p) slides per page,
    both in PostScript (.ps) and in Acrobat Reader (.pdf) format.
    They are not intended to replace the textbook or class attendance.

Homework assignments

  1. Click here for the Homework assignments for this quarter.
  2. Homework session: TBA
    This is a weekly last-minute-help session on homework, due 20 minutes after the end of the session. Come prepared with only a few questions left!

Exams and grading policy

  1. Click here for the Quiz solutions for this quarter.
  2. Homework: Homework will contribute 10% to the final grade.
  3. Quizzes: we will have a short quiz (20 min.) about every week.
    Quizzes will contribute 25% to the final grade.
  4. Midterm: Midterm will contribute 30% to the final grade.
    MIDTERM is on November 7th, 3:30pm to 4:40pm, CLASSROOM: Stevenson 150
  5. Final: Final exam will contribute 35% to the final grade.
    FINAL is on December 11th, 8:00am to 11:00am, CLASSROOM: Stevenson 150

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