Fall 2015 CS530 Syllabus

Class Date Topic Reading/Videos Assignment

Background/review materials
What’s a Computer?
http://youtu.be/ai2P_W77npY
Computer History, Part 1:
http://youtu.be/i9l5VdkkOEU
Computer History, Part 2:
http://youtu.be/J374fxKM_nM
1 R 08/20 Introduction, Course Overview HW #1 (due 8/31)
Chapter 1 (note these are from
last year – the grading is
different for this year!)
http://youtu.be/nFf9tZWzVSo
http://youtu.be/m_NpzCew5Y4
http://youtu.be/0mSk8M9IhvI
http://youtu.be/IZZrr3qhsT8
http://youtu.be/5sBBmQlXXLQ
Computer Architecture Overview/ Instruction
2 T 08/25 Chapter 1/Appendix A Project (due 11/24)
Set Architectures
Appendix A
http://youtu.be/tCJOR4gV0Ok
http://youtu.be/vSAUiSOUmqQ
Computer Architecture Overview /Instruction
3 R 08/27 http://youtu.be/xN1imfwYWPA
Set Architectures
http://youtu.be/P0POEqSbPb4
http://youtu.be/rdbEpbByUek
http://youtu.be/Yw3PlR6SAHY
4 T 09/01 Memory Hierarchies Chapter 2, Appendix B HW #2 (due 9/7)
Chapter 2, Appendix B
http://youtu.be/GIoUZ7oR2Ng
http://youtu.be/IvEcGiCgZhU
5 R 09/03 Memory Hierarchies http://youtu.be/yHExznJyr5k
http://youtu.be/Ff2dPQx7HMI
http://youtu.be/X1s1aoUy2C4

6 T 09/08 Memory Hierarchies Chapter 2, Appendix B HW #3 (due 9/14)

7 R 09/10 Memory Hierarchies Chapter 2, Appendix B
8 T 09/15 Memory Hierarchies Chapter 2, Appendix B
9 R 09/17 Exam #1 Chapters 1-2, App A, B
10 T 09/22 Instruction Level Parallelism Chapter 3/App C HW #4 (due 9/28)
11 R 09/24 Instruction Level Parallelism Chapter 3/App C
12 T 09/29 Instruction Level Parallelism Chapter 3/App C HW #5 (due 10/7)
13 R 10/01 Instruction Level Parallelism Chapter 3/App C
14 T 10/06 Instruction Level Parallelism Chapter 3/App C
15 R 10/08 Instruction Level Parallelism Chapter 3/App C
16 T 10/13 Exam #2 Chapter 3, App C
17 R 10/15 Fall Break – no class N/A -
18 T 10/20 Data Level Parallelism/Vectorization Chapter 4/App G HW #5 (due 10/26)
19 R 10/22 Data Level Parallelism/Vectorization Chapter 4/App G
20 T 10/27 Data Level Parallelism/Vectorization Chapter 4/App G HW #6 (due 11/2)
21 R 10/29 Thread Level Parallelism Chapter 5
22 T 11/03 Thread Level Parallelism Chapter 5 HW #7 (due 11/9)
23 R 11/05 Thread Level Parallelism Chapter 5
24 T 11/10 Thread Level Parallelism Chapters 5
25 R 11/12 Exam #3 Chapters 4-5, App G
26 T 11/17 Data Centers and Cloud Computing Chapter 6 HW # 8 (due 11/23)
27 R 11/19 Data Centers and Cloud Computing Chapter 6
28 T 11/24 Data Centers and Cloud Computing Chapter 6 HW # 9 (due 11/30)
29 R 11/26 Thanksgiving – no class - -
30 T 12/01 Data Centers and Cloud Computing Chapter 6
31 R 12/10 Final Exam (8:00-10:00) Comprehensive