CS 433 / CSE 422

Course Schedule

Note: this schedule is subject to change. Please refer back to here for the most recent version. Major changes will be announced in class.
Date Number Title & Details
Aug 25 Class 01
Lecture:
Course Overview
Materials: Slides • Readings: 1.1, 1.3, C.1
Aug 25 HW 1
covers Classes 01–03; due Sep 08
Aug 25 Lab 1G
Toolchain Orientation
grad students only; due Sep 08
Materials: Lab Handout • gem5 Tutorial
Aug 27 Class 02
Review:
Pipelining & Performance: My Architecture Is Better Than Yours (But Is It Really?)
Materials: Slides • Readings: 1.8, 1.9, C.3, C.4, C.5 • More Review: Microarchitecture, Pipeline Stages, Dependencies
Sep 01 Class 03
Lecture:
A Pipeline Stage Too Far: The Impacts of Energy & Chip Complexity
Materials: Slides • Readings: 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.11, C.2
Sep 03 Class 04
Lecture:
Superscalar Execution: More Lanes Create More Jams?!?
Materials: Slides • Readings: 3.1, 3.7
Sep 08 Class 05
Lecture:
Thrown for a Loop: The Problem With (and Solutions for) Branches
Materials: Slides • Readings: 3.2
Sep 10 Class 06
Guest Lecture:
Details TBA
Sep 10 Quiz 1
Quiz on Classes 01–05
due Sep 15
Sep 15 Class 07
Lecture:
Branching Out: An Introduction to Speculation
Materials: Slides • Readings: 3.3, 3.9
Sep 15 HW 2
covers Classes 04–07; due Sep 29
Sep 15 Lab 2G
Lab 2U
Branch Predictors
due Sep 29
Materials: Grad Lab Handout • Undergrad Lab Handout • CustomBP Leaderboard
Sep 18 Class 08
Lecture:
This CPU Is Out of Order (In a Good Way!)
Materials: Slides • Readings: 3.4, 3.5
Dec 15 Exam
FINAL EXAM
covers Classes 01–27