What's New In the Last Week

• 03 Apr 1996: Solution 10 corrections (problem 3 speed demon final iteration)
• 03 Apr 1996: Solution 11 installed
• 02 Apr 1996: Solution 12 installed
• 02 Apr 1996: Solution 09 : corrections to Prob 2a and 2b
• 01 Apr 1996: Announcement: Imprecise Interrupts
• 31 Mar 1996: Handout 17: corrected
• 31 Mar 1996: Homework 12 (final copy)
• 29 Mar 1996: Homework 12 (draft copy)
• 29 Mar 1996: Solution 10

Assignments & Solutions

Handouts

• Handout 1: Course Information
• Handout 2.1: Intel P6 (BYTE April 1995)
• Handout 2.2: Intel P6 (BYTE September 1995)
• Handout 3: DEC Alpha 21164
• Handout 4: IBM Power2
• Handout 5: General Microprocessor Summary Sheet
  ( Local copy with two sheets per page )
• Handout 6: Spec FAQ (Optional)
• Handout 7: Useful Equations for Performance
  Obsolete: superseded by Handout 8
• Handout 8: Useful Information
• Handout 9: Performance Limits (Optional)
• Handout 10: VLSI Fabrication (Optional)
• Handout 11: DEC Alpha Memory System
• Handout 12: WriteThrough/WriteBack caches
• Handout 13: Blank execution table
• Handout 14: Branch prediction and penalties
• Handout 15: Branch Prediction Buffer (From Hennessey and Patterson)
• Handout 16: JUMPCT instruction
• Handout 17: register renaming

Announcements

• 03 Jan 1996: Superscalar vs parallel processing
• 08 Jan 1996: Writing style for assignments
• 11 Jan 1996: Hennessey and Patterson on reserve
• 12 Jan 1996: HW-02 Clarification #1
• 12 Jan 1996: Homework schedule question
• 15 Jan 1996: Homework 2 clarification #2
• 15 Jan 1996: Survey for Homework Schedule
• 18 Jan 1996: Homework 3 Clarification #1
• 23 Jan 1996: Handout 8 instruction data fixed
• 26 Jan 1996: Announcement: Homework 4 Prob 4 (SKIP!)
• 26 Jan 1996: Announcement: Handout 10: VLSI fabrication
• 5 Feb 1996: Announcement: Solution 3 corrections
• 13 Mar 1996: Announcement: Write-through cache clarifications
• 01 Apr 1996: Announcement: Imprecise Interrupts

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