Computer Science 471:
Computer Architecture and Organization

Fall 1999 course homepage

Current

• Exams are graded and course grades turned in. That's all, folks.

Syllabus

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

Past

• Announcements, etc.
  • Here is a handy printable blank waterfall chart.
• 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 | 23 | 24 |
• Problem sets: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
• Enrichment links:
  • EDSAC simulator
  • Maurice Wilkes biography
  • Here's a paper about the RISC/CISC issue (postscript).
  • Here are von Neumann's (1946!) views on floating point, excerpted on pp. 312-313 of the text. The relevant part is section 5.3.
  • This won't help you on the GRE's, but here is a definition of grok.
  • Page Replacement Policies
  • A proof of the optimality of the longest-forward-distance replacement policy, discussed in class 11/30 (postscript).
  • The MIPS R10000 homepage. Take a look at the die photo.
  • The Paging Game