Computer Science 471:
Computer Architecture and Organization

Fall 1998 course homepage

Current

Syllabus

• Course description
• Administrative matters
• Requirements
  • Class participation
  • Problem sets
  • Examinations
• Reading
• Schedule

Past

• Announcements, etc.
  • Course newsgroup is pu.cs.471
  • There are some typos and other minor errata in the text; to see the list go here. (You probably have the second printing.)
• Reading assignments and discussion topics, by class number: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 24 |
• Problem sets: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
• Enrichment links:
  • EDSAC simulator
  • Maurice Wilkes biography
  • Simple program compiled for MIPS, using load byte and store byte instructions
  • Same program compiled for (original) Alpha
  • Biography of John von Neumann. Nothing about floating point, but see the mention of his interaction with Alan Turing right here on this campus about 60 years ago.
  • We discussed the RISC/CISC question in class on Oct. 22. Here's a paper about this (postscript).
  • See this interesting discussion of the validity of the SPEC process, co-authored by Patterson (postscript).
  • Confused about paging and virtual memory? Read The Paging Game.
  • Here's the R10000 homepage.