Course Information

An introduction to computer architecture and organization. Instruction set design; basic processor implementation techniques; performance measurement; caches and virtual memory; pipelined processor design; design trade-offs among cost, performance, and complexity.
Lectures:

• Mon/Wed/Fri, 12:30-1:20pm ET (The first lecture will be on Feb. 1, 2021.)
• Zoom link for the class can be found on the course Canvas.

Prerequisite:
The prerequisite for this course is COS 217, Introduction to Programming Systems. ELE 206/COS 306 is not a prerequisite.

Textbook:

D. Patterson and J. Hennessy, Computer Organization and Design - Fifth Edition
You can attain the book through Labyrinth Books to use the discount for Princeton students. Alternatively, you can find the interactive version of the book on zyBooks [instructions].

Announcements:

• We will use Canvas, not Blackboard.
• The main venue for online course discussions will be Ed Discussion. Enrolled Princeton students can sign up for the course Ed Discussion here.

Course Staff

Instructor: Dr. Mohammad Shahrad mshahrad@cs.princeton.edu Office hours: Tue 10:30-11:30am ET, Wed 4:30-5:30pm ET
Susan Tan zujunt@cs.princeton.edu Office hours: Fri 3-5pm ET	Ziyang Xu ziyangx@cs.princeton.edu Office hours: Tue 6-7pm ET / Fri 11:30am-12:30pm ET	Bhargav Godala bgodala@cs.princeton.edu Office hours: Mon/Wed 3-4pm ET
Xiaorun Wu xiaorunw@princeton.edu	Julian Knodt jknodt@princeton.edu	Caio Costa ccosta@princeton.edu