Spring 2013

Class Hours: Tues./Thurs. 3:50-4:52 PM
Class Location: MOLN 130

Syllabus

• Syllabus CS 355 (PDF)

Schedule

• Tues. Feb 5: First class
• Thurs. Feb 28: Paper on devices due
• Thurs. March 14: Exam 1 - no calculators
• Thurs. March 21: Hardware Security paper due
• Fri. March 22: Last day to drop
• March 25-30: Spring Break - no class!
• Tues. May 7: Energy Efficiency papers due
• Tues.,Thurs. May 7,9: Presentation: Hardware Security or Energy Efficiency
• Thurs. May 16 3:30-5:30: Final Exam - no calculators

Lecture Notes (MS Word)

Final Exam covers the following material (to the midterm):

• Performance: Read Chapter 1.4
• Disk Systems: Read Chapter 6 through 6.4
• Multicore: Read Chapter 7-7.7 (all of GPUs)
• Cache: Read 5-5.3, 5.8-5.9
• Energy Efficiency
• Busses: Read Chapter 6.6
• I/O: Read Chapter 6.6

  Midterm exam is on all the below topics (including security!)

• Intro to Security. Read handouts on security news
• Pipelines: Read Chapter 4.5-4.11
• Processor: Read Chapter 4-4.4
• Introduction: Read Chapter 1 except 1.4, 1.7-1.8

Presentation Info

• Paper Topics Signup Sheet
• Devices Paper
• Security Hardware Paper
• Energy Efficiency Paper and Presentation
• Peripheral Presentations
• Presentation Grading Rubric