course-information.md

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Textbook

There are no required readings. For personal knowledge, a recommended textbook is Computer Architecture by Hennessy and Patterson. 🔗This textbook is available electronically via the GT Library.

Sample Tests

Sample Midterms

• Midterm 1 (without solutions)
• Midterm 2 (with solutions)

Sample Finals

• Final 1 (without solutions)
• Final 2 (with solutions)

Problem Set Solutions

• Metrics and Evaluation Problem Set Solutions
• Pipelining Problem Set Solutions
• Branches Problem Set Solutions
• Predication Problem Set Solutions (links broken)
  • Problem 1
  • Problems 2-6
  • Problems 7-9
  • Problems 10-14
  • Problems 15-19
• ILP Problem Set Solutions
• Instruction Scheduling Problem Set Solutions
• ReOrder Buffer Problem Set Solutions
• Interrupts & Exceptions Problem Set Solutions
• Virtual Memory Problem Set Solutions
• Advanced Caches Problem Set Solutions
• Memory Problem Set Solutions
• Multiprocessing Problem Set Solutions
• Memory Consistency Problem Set Solutions

Additional Resources

• Assembly Language Programming
• Linux/Unix Commands
• C++
• Glossary

External Lectures and Materials

These are some links I personally found helpful to explain some of the course concepts.

• Branch Handling and Branch Prediction - CMU Computer Architecture (Prof. Onur Mutlu)
  • 2014 Video, 2013 Video, Slides