EE 4720 - What's New


9 December 1999, 10:42:23 CST
Course grades ready. Brace yourself and click here. (You may need to re-load the page.)

8 December 1999, 19:39:27 CST
Linked solution to most of final exam to previous work. Course grades will be available tomorrow.

8 December 1999, 15:42:26 CST
Final exam grades ready. The average is 41 and the distribution is wide. Make sure no one is looking and click here. Course grades will be available later tomorrow or Thursday morning.

7 December 1999, 18:07:39 CST
Linked final exam to previous work page. Grades should be ready by tomorrow evening or Thursday morning.

3 December 1999, 11:56:02 CST
FYI: 252 = 4503599627370496 = four quadrillion, five hundred three trillion, five hundred ninety-nine billion, six hundred twenty-seven million, three hundred seventy thousand, four hundred ninety-six.

3 December 1999, 11:42:35 CST
Linked final exam review to lectures and exam information pages.

1 December 1999, 17:14:19 CST
Added program to fill set-associative cache to Set 13 on lectures page. Also linked program in ready-to-compile text and colorful PDF to lectures page.

1 December 1999, 15:09:05 CST
Scheduled alternate exam for Tuesday, 7 Dec 1999, 15:00-17:00 (3 pm to 5 pm), 117 EE Building. Let me know immediately if this time is not good for you or if you change your mind about taking the alternate exam.

29 November 1999, 14:07:16 CST
Updated exam information page for final exam.

23 November 1999, 18:58:12 CST
Linked set 13, Caches and Memory, to lectures page.

23 November 1999, 17:59:48 CST
Linked set 12, branch prediction, to lectures page.

12 November 1999, 11:56:28 CST
Linked complete Set 11, multiple issue, to lectures page.

10 November 1999, 12:47:47 CST
Linked first part of Set 11, multiple issue, to lectures page.

8 November 1999, 12:27:36 CST
Added some material on load/store units to Set 10 on lectures page.

3 November 1999, 20:26:39 CST
Added diagrams and other new material to Set 10 on lectures page. The diagrams are complete (as needed) but the slides are still under construction.

28 October 1999, 8:56:53 CDT
Friday's class will be held.

26 October 1999, 9:27:40 CDT
Wednesday's class (27 October) cancelled. Friday's class should be held.

25 October 1999, 14:56:32 CDT
Linked solution to midterm to previous work page.

25 October 1999, 13:54:39 CDT
Added midterm exam grades to click here page.

20 October 1999, 12:15:25 CDT
Linked midterm exam to previous work page. Grades should be available Monday, possibly sooner.

18 October 1999, 11:49:11 CDT
Linked solution to homework 3 (except schematic) to previous work page. Linked classroom review slides to lectures and exam information pages.

15 October 1999, 18:20:59 CDT
Updated exam information (study guidelines) page, and added link to course home page.

15 October 1999, 12:39:43 CDT
Added loop unrolling material to set 9 and linked first few pages of set 10 (dynamic execution) to lectures pages. Exam study guidelines should be posted later today.

8 October 1999, 16:54:24 CDT
Solution to homework 2 linked to previous work page.

6 October 1999, 11:48:10 CDT

Midterm Exam date chosen: Wednesday, 20 October 1999. If you can't take the exam on this date notify me immediately. Format: Open book! Open notes! Coverage and study guidelines will be posted soon.

Homework 3 assigned, due Friday, 15 October.

Linked solution to Fall 1999 homework 1 to previous work page. Linked slide sets 8 and 9 to lectures page and homework 3 to previous work page.


4 October 1999, 13:06:50 CDT
HW 2 late submission penalties: before I arrive Tuesday morning, 0%; before I arrive Thursday morning, 10%, before I arrive Friday morning, 20%, before I arrive Saturday, 30%, etc. (Duration of 10% penalty is twice as long as usual.)

29 September 1999, 18:41:53 CDT
Class will be held on Friday, in the usual place, at the usual time, with the usual professor who is no longer needed by the 19th Judicial District Court.

29 September 1999, 14:59:30 CDT

See solution to 1998 Homework 3, problem 1 for help in solving homework 2, problem 3.

Added material on control hazards to Set 6, on lectures page.

Check back Thursday after 18:30 to see if Friday's class will be held.


28 September 1999, 18:03:14 CDT
Class will be held on Wednesday, in the usual place, at the usual time.

27 September 1999, 18:19:56 CDT
Check this page about 18:30 Tuesday to see if Wednesday's class will be held. I will be around on Tuesday.

24 September 1999, 12:35:45 CDT

No class Monday, 27 September. Check here to see if Wednesday's class will be held.

Material on stalling, bypassing, and control added to Set 6 on lectures page. More material may be added later.

Homework assignment 2 linked to previous work page. Due 4 October at the earliest. Solution to homework 1 also linked to previous work page.


22 September 1999, 10:15:30 CDT
Set 6 (currently incomplete) linked to lectures page.

13 September 1999, 11:40:26 CDT
Linked complete set 3, and sets 4 and 5 to lectures page.

3 September 1999, 13:20:49 CDT
Added additional pages to set 3 (almost complete) on lectures page. Linked homework 1 (due 10 September) to previous work page.

30 August 1999, 12:22:02 CDT
Added some more pages to Set 3 on lectures page. Still not complete.

27 August 1999, 15:33:35 CDT
Linked lecture notes set 2 and part of 3 to lectures page.

23 August 1999, 14:39:51 CDT
Linked lecture notes set 1 to lectures page.

15 June 1999, 17:07:22 CDT
Retired Spring 1999 material.

Spring 1999
Spring 1999 What's New


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David M. Koppelman - koppel@ee.lsu.edu
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