Course Descriptions

The course vector is [3-0-1:3]. The course consists of the following teaching activities in each week:

• 3 hours of lecture session
• 1 hour of tutorial

Prerequisites

COMP 2611 or ELEC 2300 or ELEC 2350

Course Outcomes

On successful completion of this course, students are expected to be able to:

• Assess the intricate nuances of designing computer architectures with the aim of improving performance, balancing performance, cost and power consumption.
• Analyze various techniques at different levels of computer architecture design that can be used effectively to meet performance goals.
• Critically evaluate computer architectures and systems.
• Select and apply various performance evaluation techniques and tools.

Textbook

Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach (5th or 6th Edition)ISBN: 978-0128119051

Reference Books

Computer Organization and Design MIPS Edition: The Hardware/Software Interface, 6th EditionISBN: 978-0128201091

Digital Design and Computer Architecture, 2nd EditionISBN: 978-0123944245

Lecture Schedule

Tutorial Schedule

Academic Integrity

All exercises submitted for grading must represent the results of each student's own independent efforts. Students may discuss methodologies with classmates, but must do the work independently.

• Do not copy work from another student or person.
• Do not look at another student's actual solution.
• Do not share actual code or solution schemes with other students or people.
• Do not post your work online.
• Discussion is encouraged, but every student must complete the work independently.

Refer to the University's Honor Code and the University's penalties for cheating.

Grading Scheme