Welcome to CSE 4302 / CSE 5302 / ECE 5402 - Computer Architecture

Course Syllabus

Instructor

• Professor Omer Khan
• Office: ITEB 447
• Email: khan@uconn.edu
• Office Hours: In person before class (make appointment the day before, via email)

TA

• Zachary DiMeglio
• Email: zachary.dimeglio@uconn.edu
• Office Hours: Mon 4-5pm and Fri 1-2pm
• ITE 430

Announcements

• Exam 2 is scheduled in-class on November 16, 2023. It will cover lectures 11 through 20 (inclusive).
• Exam 1 is scheduled in-class on October 12, 2023. It will cover lectures 1 through 10 (inclusive).

Lectures

• Textbook: Computer Architecture A Quantitative Approach, Fourth Edition
• Lecture 1: Fundamentals of Computer Architecture PDF
  • Reading assignment: Assemblers and Linkers
  • Reading assignment: Chapter 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.8, 1.9
• Lecture 2: Fundamental Principles PDF
  • Reading assignment: Chapter 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.8, 1.9
• Lecture 3: Instruction Set Architecture PDF
  • Reading assignment: Appendix B
• Lecture 4: Instruction Set Implementation PDF
  • Reading assignment: Appendix B
• Lecture 5: Pipelining I PDF
  • Reading assignment: Appendix A
• Lecture 6: Pipelining II PDF
  • Reading assignment: Appendix A and Chapter 2
• Lecture 7: Complexities with Pipelining PDF
  • Reading assignment: Appendix A and Chapter 2
• Lecture 8: Instruction Level Parallelism (ILP) PDF
  • Reading assignment: Appendix A and Chapter 2
• Lecture 9: Extracting ILP using Static and Dynamic Scheduling PDF
  • Reading assignment: Chapter 2
• Lecture 10: Dynamic Scheduling using Scoreboard PDF
  • Reading assignment: Chapter 2
• Lecture 11: Dynamic Scheduling using Tomasulo PDF
  • Reading assignment: Chapter 2
• Lecture 12: OOO Execution and Precise Exceptions PDF
  • Reading assignment: Chapter 2
• Lecture 13: OOO Execution PDF
  • Reading assignment: Chapter 2
• Lecture 14: Branch Prediction PDF
  • Reading assignment: Chapter 2
• Lecture 15: Branch Prediction PDF
  • Reading assignment: Chapter 2
• Lecture 16: Branch Prediction and Intro to Memory Challenge PDF
  • Reading assignment: Chapter 2 and Appendix C
• Lecture 17: Caches I PDF
  • Reading assignment: Appendix C and Chapter 5
• Lecture 18: Caches II PDF
  • Reading assignment: Appendix C and Chapter 5
• Lecture 19: Caches III PDF
  • Reading assignment: Appendix C and Chapter 5
• Lecture 20: Caches Optimizations PDF
  • Reading assignment: Appendix C and Chapter 5
• Lecture 21: Memory Management PDF
  • Reading assignment: Appendix C and Chapter 5
• Lecture 22: Main Memory and Interface PDF
  • Reading assignment: none

Programming Assignments (due at start of class - no late submissions will be accepted)

• All programming assignment code materials are provided at GitHub repository: https://github.uconn.edu/omk12001/cse4302

• PA 0: Getting Started with riscy-uconn simulator PDF (due via HuskyCT Sep 5, 2023, 11:59pm EST)

• PA 1: Non-Pipelined RISC-V based riscy-uconn Simulator PDF (due via HuskyCT Sep 29, 2023, 11:59pm EST)

• PA 2: 5-Stage Pipelined RISC-V based riscv-uconn simulator PDF (due via HuskyCT Oct 27, 2023, 11:59pm EST)

• PA 3: 5-Stage Pipeline with Dynamic Branch Prediction and Set Associative Cache PDF (due via HuskyCT Dec 1, 2023, 11:59pm EST)

• Project/PA 4: Pipelined RISC-V Simulator With Scoreboard Algorithm PDF (due for CSE 5302 and ECE 5402 via HuskyCT Dec 15, 2023, 11:59pm EST)

Homeworks (due as indicated below - no late submissions will be accepted)

• Homework 1: PDF, Solution PDF (due via HuskyCT on Sep 15, 2023, 11:59pm EST)

• Homework 2: PDF, Solution PDF (due via HuskyCT on Sep 25, 2023, 11:59pm EST)

• Homework 3: PDF, Solution PDF (due via HuskyCT on Oct 6, 2023, 11:59pm EST)

• Homework 4: PDF, Solution PDF (due via HuskyCT on Oct 24, 2023, 11:59pm EST)

• Homework 5: PDF, Solution PDF (due via HuskyCT on Nov 10, 2023, 11:59pm EST)