Extra readings for the material on Intel:

• Excerpt from chapter 16 of Computer Organization and Architecture by William Stallings
• Article on the 486 - read the section on the instruction pipeline starting at the bottom of page 32 through the bottom of page 35
• Pentium II pipeline - read section 3 (pages 9-14)
• For the iCore, see section 3.12 of our textbook

Sample Problems:

• Chapter 1 sample problems
• Appendix A sample problems - updated 1/23/19
• Appendix C sample problems - sections C.1-C.3
• Appendix C sample problems - sections C.4-C.6
• Chapter 3 sample problems - sections 3.1-3.5 - fixed(?) sample problems 8 and 9 on 2/22/19 in the afternoon
• Chapter 3 sample problems - sections 3.6-3.12 - note: I added a note on 3/13/19 to problem 1
• Appendix H sample problems
• Chapter 2/Appendix B sample problems
• Intel processor sample problems
• Chapter 4 sample problems
• Chapter 5 sample problems

Homework Assignments:

• Homework assignment #1 due Wednesday, January 30
• Homework assignment #2 due Monday, February 11
- extended deadline until Monday, Feb 11 (ignore the due date on the assignment itself)
• Homework assignment #3 due Monday, February 18
• Homework assignment #4 due Friday, March 1 (deadline extended from Wednesday)
• Homework assignment #5 due Monday, March 18
- there was a slight typo on #3b, include the fetch and issue stages, but not the commit stage in the Tomasulo version, the homework has been updated to fix this typo
• Homework assignment #6 due Wednesday, March 27
• Homework assignment #7 due Monday, April 8
• Homework assignment #8 due Wednesday, April 17
• Homework assignment #9 due Friday, May 3 - the due date has been changed, the due date on the pdf is out of date
• Final exam due Tuesday, May 7 by 2 pm (email is acceptable) - the due date on the pdf is out of date

Answer Keys:

• Homework assignment #1 answer key
• Homework assignment #2 answer key
• Homework assignment #2 problem 1 answer key (Excel spreadsheet)
• Homework assignment #3 answer key
• Homework assignment #3 problems 1-3 answer key (Excel spreadsheet)
• Homework assignment #4 answer key
• Homework assignment #5 answer key
• Homework assignment #6 answer key
• Homework assignment #7 answer key
• Homework assignment #8 answer key

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