Administrivia
Textbook and Recommended Readings
The text book for this course is Computer Organization &
Design: The Hardware / Software Interface by Patterson and
Hennessy. The optional reference for this course is MIPS RISC
Architecture, by Kane and Heinrich, and the paper SPIM S20: A
MIPS R2000 Simulator by J Larus will serve both as a quick
reference for the instruction set and as a manual for using the
xspim emulator.
Office Hours
My office is in AP&M 5141, and my office hours are Wednesdays
2:30pm-3:30pm (this is changed from the
handout). You can make appointments for other times. You should feel
free to stop by at other times as well, but I may ask you to come back
at another time if I'm busy.
The TA for the course is
Bryan Tower (BT). Bryan's
office hours are 3pm-4pm Mondays in AP&M 3349D.
The Associate TA for the course is
Cynthia Bailey (CB).
Cynthia's office hours are 10:10am-11:00am Mondays in AP&M 3349D.
Grading
This course will have around 6 homework assignments; some of these may
be larger projects; they will mostly be done on-line. There will be
an in-class midterm and a final.
Grading will be based on the following percentages:
Homework | 30% |
Midterm | 30% |
Final | 40% |
Grade cut-offs will be determined from ``natural'' breaks in the
score distribution rather than straight percentage cut-offs or simple
curving. If all of you learn the material, I will be happy to give
everyone an ``A''; conversely, if none of you learn the material, I
will be (less) happy to give everyone an ``F''.
As I said in class, comments will in general count for 40% of a
programming assignment's grade. Comments are very important because
they are how you communicate with the next programmer who has to pick
up your code; if your program is not understandable, it may have to be
rewritten from scratch. Real-life products have had portions thrown
away and rewritten because of such problems.
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