EECS 361 - Computer Architecture
Fall 2006

Instructor:	Alok Choudhary	choudhar(AT)ece(DOT)northwestern(DOT)edu
		Office Hours: by Appointment
TAs:	Avery Ching	aching(AT)ece(DOT)northwestern(DOT)edu
		Office : Tech L460
		Hours : Wed 2-4 pm (or by appointment)
	Abhishek Das	ada829(AT)ece(DOT)northwestern(DOT)edu
		Office: Tech L458
		Hours: Mon 2-4 pm (or by appointment)
Class Info:	Tue-Thu 11:00-12:20	Tech. M128

Textbook: D. Patterson and J. Hennessy, Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface , 3rd Edition preferred

12/07/06	Final grades are out! You can check them at blackboard. Thanks to all of you for making this course a success. Good luck for your future.
11/28/06	Good job with final projects. Final project reports due on Thursday 11/30 after class hours. HW-4 solutions posted.
11/20/06	Midterm grades out and can be found in blackboard (courses.northwesterm.edu). Due date for HW 4 is Tuesday 11/21/06.
11/17/06	Midterm solutions posted.
11/14/06	Homework 4 posted.
11/11/06	Last years midterm paper and homework 3 solutions uploaded.
11/08/06	Midterm postponed to 11/16/06.
11/03/06	Homework 3 posted.
10/30/06	Final Project posted! Demos sessions on class hours, a week before the finals. Project reports due on last class.
10/24/06	Good job with the ALU project! To clear any confusion, all homeworks and projects are due by the start of the class on the due date.
10/10/06	HW-2 posted. Due date is 10/17. Lab Project 1 posted. You have two weeks to do it. Theres no lecture on Thursday 10/12; instead there will be a MGC tutorial in the Wilkinson Lab.
10/10/06	Newly updated MGC tutorial posted.
9/29/06	There have been slight modifications in HW-1. Please consider the new one.
9/28/06	HW-1 has been posted. Find details in 'Assignments' section.
9/19/06	Reading lists for 2nd and 3rd Edition added.
9/18/06	Late Mid-term Exam on Tuesday Nov 14. There is no End-term.
9/13/06	Classes start on Tue 9/19/06
9/13/06	Welcome to Computer Architecture! Website's up! Enjoy.

Topic	2nd Edition	3rd Edition
Introduction and Metrics	Chapters 1 and 2	Chapters 1 and 4
Instruction Set Architecture	Chapter 3 sections 3.1-3.11, 3.13, 3.14	Chapter 2 sections 2.1-2.10, 2.13, 2.15, 2.17, 2.18
Arithmetic	Chapter 4 sections 4.1-4.8	Chapter 3 sections 3.1-3.6
Datapath & Control	Chapter 5 sections 5.1-5.4	Chapter 5 sections 5.1-5.5
Pipelining	Chapter 6 sections 6.1-6.6	Chapter 6 sections 6.1-6.6
Caches	Chapter 7 sections 7.1-7.5	Chapter 7 sections 7.1-7.5