CS/ECE 757 Advanced Computer Architecture II Spring 2008 Section 1 Instructor Mark D. Hill and T. A. Jayaram Bobba URL: http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~markhill/cs757/Spring2008/

Grading

• 30% Project
• 25% Exam 1
• 25% Exam 2
• 15% Homework & Reviews
• 5% Class Participation

Accessing Your Scores

During the semester we will make your homeworks and exam scores available via Learn@UW. First, click on the link and authenticate with your UW NetID and password. Next, look under "My Madison Courses" for this semester and ECE or CS 252.

University Code of Conduct and Policies

All students should adhere to UW Student Code of Conduct. Don't forget that the person you would be cheating the most is yourself. University and L&S Policies will be followed strictly in this course. Please, pay particular attention to the policy on incompletes.

Examinations

There will be two in-class exams, but no final exam. There will be no final exam, so you can concentrate on your project.

Exam schedule is on lecture page. Please advise me of any conflicts with these likely exam times before the end of the second week of classes.

• Sample Exam of Hill's Spring 2005 Midterm 1
• Potential Exam 1 Questions from Students
• Potential Exam 2 Questions from Students

Homework

Homework will be mostly programming assignments to familiarize you with parallel programming (e.g., OpenMP, pThreads, and MPI) and simulation environments (Simics/GEMS). Assignments may not be weighted equally. Assignments will be due in class on the due date. NO LATE ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED, except under extreme non-academic circumstances discussed with the instructor at least one week before the assignment is due.

Homework schedule is on lecture page.