EE 4720 - What's New


16 May 2022, 17:38:46 CDT
Grading Update 7: The course grades have been posted to myLSU. Thank you for your effort and have a great summer!

15 May 2022, 14:57:27 CDT
Grading Update 6: Final Exam Grades Ready. The median was 53 and the high was 82. Course grades will be available tomorrow. To see the final exam grades (especially your own), and also homework and coursework averages, or just to look at the aliases, click here.

14 May 2022, 17:55:09 CDT
Grading Update 5: Problems 1,2 graded, Problem 3 partially graded. Final exam grades should be out tomorrow.

13 May 2022, 14:58:18 CDT
Grading Update 4: Grading has just started, and I don't anticipate any major interruptions. Final exam grades will probably be available tomorrow in the late afternoon. Course grades might be out later than that. The next grading update will be posted by about 18:00 tomorrow. (I got up at 5:00 this morning so I won't be grading quickly today.)

11 May 2022, 17:51:46 CDT
Grading Update 3: Still not much grading so far. Final exam grades will probably not be available until the weekend. The next grading update will be posted tomorrow by 18:00, approximately.

10 May 2022, 16:10:00 CDT
Grading Update 2: Not much grading so far. Final exam grades may not be available until the weekend. The next grading update will be posted tomorrow by 18:00, approximately.

9 May 2022, 16:46:48 CDT
Grading Update 1: Final exam grading will start later this afternoon, but may not be complete until Wednesday. The next grading update will be posted tomorrow by 18:00.

8 May 2022, 20:19:19 CDT
Note: For the Homework 7 and 8 solutions see the 2021 Final Exam solution, which has been available since 4 May.

6 May 2022, 13:09:43 CDT
Linked final exam review slides to the lectures page.

4 May 2022, 14:50:36 CDT
Fixed link to 2021 Final Exam solution, which had been point to the 2020 Final Exam solution.

4 May 2022, 13:35:24 CDT
Linked remaining slides (except for final exam review) to the lectures page.

29 April 2022, 14:31:06 CDT
Updated the 2021 Final Exam solution with the solution to Problems 1 and 2, which were assigned as Homework 6.

29 April 2022, 11:00:04 CDT
Homework 7 and Homework 8 assigned. Both due 23:59 on Sunday, 1 May 2022. Homework 8 consist of short-answer questions. Homework 7 are branch predictor questions.

25 April 2022, 8:06:54 CDT
The Midterm Exam solution and a partial 2021 Final Exam solution have been linked to the Homework & Exams page.

22 April 2022, 15:13:07 CDT
Homework 6 assigned, due Wednesday, 27 April 2022.

20 April 2022, 12:35:57 CDT
Homework 5 is still due Thursday, 21 April 2022. It's really easy, don't put it off! Okay, it won't be considered late if it is handed in before the end of class on Friday.

17 April 2022, 10:26:39 CDT
Homework 5 assigned, due Thursday, 21 April 2022.

17 April 2022, 10:17:38 CDT
Linked optimization and floating-point (long-latency) material to the lectures page.

31 March 2022, 18:13:27 CDT
Grading Update 3: Midterm Exam grades ready. The range was [86,14] with a median of 49.5. To find the most important grade click here.

31 March 2022, 12:04:43 CDT
Grading Update 2: Problems 1-2 graded. Depending on how fast Problem 3 goes, grades may be available tonight. The next grading update will be posted by 18:00 today.

30 March 2022, 17:56:09 CDT
Grading Update 1: Problem 1 graded, Problem 2 partially graded. One person solved Problem 2 perfectly. Many need to put more effort into hardware design. Grading should be complete tomorrow. The next grading update will be posted tomorrow by roughly about 12:00.

30 March 2022, 11:35:07 CDT
Grading Update 0: Linked the Midterm Exam to the Homework & Exams page. Grading will start the afternoon and grades may be available tomorrow. The next grading update will be posted by about 18:00 if the power stays on and my home remains intact and has not fallen on anyone or blocked a street or something like that.

28 March 2022, 18:42:41 CDT
The Homework 4 solution has been linked to the Homework & Exams page. Graded assignments will be E-mailed in a minute or two.

28 March 2022, 14:28:21 CDT
Linked the Midterm exam review slides and the RISC material to the lectures page.

28 March 2022, 10:39:05 CDT
Linked the Homework 3 solution to the Homework & Exams page. The Homework 4 solution will be posted later today.

15 March 2022, 15:59:27 CDT
Homework 4 assigned, due Friday, 25 March 2022.

11 March 2022, 14:34:55 CST
The midterm exam will be held Wednesday, 30 March 2022 in class. The best way to study is to look at past semesters' exams. Visit Homework & Exams.

8 March 2022, 17:08:42 CST
Linked the Homework 2 solution to the Homework & Exams page.

4 March 2022, 14:46:10 CST
Homework 3 assigned, due Wednesday, 9 March 2022. This is an easy assignment, in part because some of the solution is available. Please make every effort to solve it on your own. Some parts of some problems are new.

17 February 2022, 10:46:25 CST
Changed the due date for Homework 2 to Monday, 21 February.

14 February 2022, 15:32:52 CST
Linked the Homework 1 solution to the Homework & Exams page.

14 February 2022, 12:43:48 CST
Homework 2 assigned, due 1821 February 2022. Problem 2 is based in part on material to be covered Wednesday.

8 February 2022, 13:48:07 CST
For those that sometimes prefer PDF to HTML, linked a PDF containing all homework assignments and all exams to the Homework & Exams page.

4 February 2022, 11:17:09 CST
The Homework 1 deadline has been pushed back to Monday, 7 February 2022 at 23:59 CT. For those who want to invoke spim on the command line use the command /home/faculty/koppel/pub/ee4720/bin/spim -notrap -delayed_branches -dont_fix -file hw01.s.

31 January 2022, 18:30:23 CST
Linked recent lecture materials and Zoom recordings to the lectures page.

31 January 2022, 16:32:27 CST
Homework 1 assigned, due late Friday 4 February 2022. Class accounts will be sent out soon.

31 January 2022, 15:47:15 CST
Added RISC-V and MIPS32 r6 to the references page.

7 January 2022, 11:29:21 CST
Set up Web pages for the Spring 2022 semester.

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