CS/ECE 752 Advanced Computer Architecture I Fall 2011 Section 1 Instructor Mark D. Hill and Assistant Lena Olson URL: http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~markhill/cs752/Fall2011/

Required Text

• John L. Hennessy and David A. Patterson,
  Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach
  Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, FOURTH Edition, 2007.

Assigned Readings Text

Students will be taught to read the literature through assigned readings, linked off of the lecture schedule.

Online References

• Synthesis Lectures on Computer Architecture,
  Mark Hill, editor, Morgan & Claypool Publishers,
  Full PDF available on campus.
  E.g., power, processors, & memory.

• IEEE Xplore (full text from on-campus IP addresses)

• ACM Digital Library (full text from on-campus IP addresses)

• World-Wide Compuwwwter Architecture Information

• John L. Hennessy and David A. Patterson
  Web Site for Computer Architecture.

• Wisconsin CS's Computer Architecture Group

• International Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) gives semiconductor trends.

• Stanford Microprocesor Database gives parameters of many (historical) microprocessors.

Offline References

• John Shen and Mikko Lipasti,
  Modern Processor Design: Fundamentals of Superscalar Processors, McGraw-Hill, 2005.

• Mark D. Hill, Norman P. Jouppi, and Gurindar S. Sohi
  Readings in Computer Architecture
  Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2000.

• (CS/ECE 552 text) David A. Patterson and John L. Hennessy,
  Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware and Software Interface,
  

  Past 752 Offerings

  • Karu Sankaralingham's CS/ECE 752 from Fall 2010
  • Mark Hill's CS/ECE 752 from Spring 2009
  • Jim Smith's CS/ECE 752 from Fall 2005

  Miscellanea

  • Join Wisconsin's Computer Architecture Mailing List
  • My Oral Presentation Advice, including David Patterson's How to Give a Bad Talk
  • K. Compton and M.L.Chang's Terrible Presentations (...and how to not give one)
  • David Patterson's Advice to advisors (and advisees)