Course Information for CS152: Computer Architecture and Engineering
Spring 2019
Catalog Description: Computer Architecture and Engineering
4.0 units. Three hours of lecture, plus one section per
week.
Prerequisites: CS61C.
Class Schedule/Rooms
Lectures: Monday and Wednesday, 1:00-2:30pm, 306 Soda Hall
Discussion Sections: Friday 12:30-2:00pm DIS 101 3111 Etcheverry / Friday 2:00-3:30pm DIS102 3107 Etcheverry
Both midterms held in class during lecture times.
Instructor: Krste
Asanović, Professor, CS Division, EECS Department
Email: krste at eecs
Office Hours: Wednesday 10-11am, 567 Soda Hall (email to confirm)
TA: David Biancolin
Email: biancolin at eecs
Office Hours: Tuesday, 2-3pm, 529 Cory
TA: Albert Magyar
Email: albert.magyar at berkeley
Office Hours: Wednesday 4:30-5:30pm, 283H Soda
Course Grading
The course is organized into five modules, with each module
having a problem set, and a lab. The grade breakdown is given
below, but a failure to complete the majority (at least 3/5) of
the labs will result in an automatic F.
15% Problem Sets
We will distribute 5 problem sets for you to practice your
understanding of the course material. The problem sets also
provide essential background material for the midterms. The
problem sets will be graded primarily on an effort basis, but if
you do not work through the problem sets you are unlikely to
succeed in the exams! We will distribute solutions to the
problem sets after the problem sets are due to give you instant
feedback.
25% Labs
The labs will provide hands-on experience with the interaction
of software and hardware, for a variety of machine designs. We
will be making extensive use of designs written in
the Chisel
hardware description language. Each lab includes a directed
component to guide students in learning certain concepts, plus
an open-ended assignment to allow students to show their
creativity.
60% Exams
There will be 2 midterms (15% for each) and the final exam (30%)
covering the material learned in readings, labs, and problem
sets. These will be closed book with no calculators, phones,
smart watches, or computers of any kind allowed.
See also Departmental Grading Guidelines for Undergraduate Courses.
Late Assignment Policy
Problem sets must be handed in at the beginning of class on the due
date, with no extensions possible. Each student gets two "free"
extensions of the lab assignments, where labs can be turned in one class
after the original due date. No other extensions will be given, unless
for serious documented emergencies. An automatic F grade is
given if less than three labs are completed.
Collaboration Policy
The problem sets are intended to help you learn the material, and we
encourage you to collaborate with other students and to ask questions
in discussion sections and office hours to understand the problems.
However, each student must turn in their own solutions to the
problems.
Students are encouraged to discuss solutions to the lab assignments
with other students, but must run through the directed portion of the
lab by themselves and turn in their own lab report. For the
open-ended portion of each lab, students can work individually or in
groups of two. Any open-ended lab assignment completed as a
group should be written up and handed in separately. Students are
free to take part in different groups for different lab assignments.
Regrade Policy
For addition errors in the total score, return the midterm back to the TA
to get it fixed. For regrades, return the midterm to the TA within a week
of the midterm being graded with a separate sheet of paper explaining the
discrepancy. The staff will carefully regrade the entire midterm, read
the reasoning provided, and then make a final decision. Since the
entire midterm is being regraded, it is possible the total score could go
down as a consequence of previously undiscovered mistakes being
found. We therefore recommend that regrade requests only be used when
the case is strong and a significant number of points are at stake.
Academic Accommodation Policy
Students with disabilities who need accommodations in order to access
this course will be accommodated. Please contact DSP and apply for
services. If you have emergency medical information you wish to share, or
if you need special arrangements in case the building must be
evacuated, please inform us as soon as possible. Please see Krste privately
after class or in his office.
Piazza
The course will use Piazza for class communication. The course page can be
found at piazza.com/berkeley/spring2019/cs152.
Compute Resources
All labs will be available on {icluster6, icluster7, icluster8, icluster9}.eecs. You may want to use other
servers for writing code or compiling, and you can see a full list of them at
inst.
Textbooks
The following textbook is highly recommended for the course:
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J. L. Hennessy and D. A. Patterson, Computer
Architecture: A Quantitative Approach, 6th Edition, Morgan
Kaufmann Publishing Co., Menlo Park, CA. December 2017.
ISBN13: 978-0128119051
ISBN10: 0128119055
We will also use material from
the companion
Web site.
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The following textbook is recommended to refresh your background and
to provide a simpler introduction to some of the basic concepts. Any
recent edition should be sufficient for background study.
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D. A. Patterson and J. L. Hennessy, Computer
Organization and Design RISC-V Edition: The Hardware Software Interface,
1st Edition, Morgan Kaufmann Publishing Co., Menlo Park, CA., April 2017.
ISBN13: 978-0128122754
ISBN10: 0128122757
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