Please check the ANNOUNCEMENTS page regularly for course information and handouts. Any changes made to this course site will be accompanied by an announcement.

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Instructor:	Prof. Glenn Gulak
	BA5140, Tel: 978-8671, Email: gulak@eecg.toronto.edu

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Course Description. This course provides students with a solid understanding of fundamental architectural techniques used to build today's high-performance processors and systems. Course topics include pipelining, caches, virtual memory, and multiprocessors. Some emphasis will be placed on hardware/software interaction to achieve performance. PDF file with course overview

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Course Timetable

Lectures Mon 1-2pm MC254 Wed 1-2pm MC252 Fri 12-1pm BA1190 Tutorials Friday TUT01 11am - 12noon BA1210 Friday TUT02 4pm - 5pm GB404

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Evaluation Scheme

	Assignments (2)	15%
	Midterm	35%
	Final	50%

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Required Textbook:

J. Hennessy and D. Patterson, Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach, 3rd edition.

Textbook Errata (XLS format)

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External Web Resources

SimpleScalar Home SimpleScalar Tutorial Computer Architecture Resources