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9 May 2026, 15:38:59 CDT
Grading Update 6: The course grades, along with coursework average and homework grades, have been added to the grades page. The letter grades won't appear in Workday until Monday. I'd like to thank everyone for their effort in EE 4720! Good luck on your other courses and have a good summer! |
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8 May 2026, 17:24:25 CDT
Grading Update 5: Some things shouldn't be rushed. Course letter grades should be available tomorrow. The next grading update should be posted by 18:00, though probably earlier. |
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8 May 2026, 15:32:52 CDT
Grading Update 4: Final Exam Grades Ready. The range was [98,14] with two students scoring 98 and two others in the 90s. These good grades lifted the average, 52.1, above the median, 49.5. Of course, everyone wants to see the aliases, and most their own final exam grade. To do so click here. Course averages and letter grades will be available later this afternoon or tomorrow, depending on whether I need to consult the pillow. Those who don't like waiting can take solace in the fact that I become more lenient the longer I think about grade cutoffs. The next grading update should be posted by about 18:00 tonight (whether or not any new grades are available) and if necessary tomorrow by 18:00 or earlier. |
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7 May 2026, 17:56:09 CDT
Grading Update 3: Problems 1-5 graded. Final exam grades should be available tomorrow. Maybe course grades too. The next grading update should be posted by about 18:00 tomorrow. |
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6 May 2026, 17:59:56 CDT
Grading Update 2: Problem 1 mostly graded. Final exam grades should be available tomorrow or Friday. The next grading update should be posted by about 18:00 tomorrow. |
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5 May 2026, 17:33:28 CDT
Grading Update 1: Linked the Final Exam to the Homework & Exams page. Grading will start now and final exam grades may be due tomorrow. The next grading update should be posted by approximately 18:00 tomorrow. Good luck on your other finals! (Good luck on this one too, of course.) |
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2 May 2026, 9:27:59 CDT
A reminder that the review session is 10:00 today in 3316E PFT. The doors near Panera were locked, but at least a door on the BEC (Business Education Center) side of the building was unlocked. |
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1 May 2026, 19:18:58 CDT
Linked the Homework 7 solution to the Homework & Exams page. |
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1 May 2026, 17:10:51 CDT
Linked the complete 2025 Final Exam solution to the Homework & Exams page. Expect the Homework 7 solution later tonight. |
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1 May 2026, 13:51:29 CDT
Added recent material to the lectures page. Don't forget that the final exam review is on Saturday, 2 May 2026 at 10:00 CDT in 3316E PFT. |
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26 April 2026, 14:26:33 CDT
Linked the Homework 6 solution to the Homework & Exams page. Also added the solutions to more of the problems in the 2025 Final Exam solution. Obviously that does not include solutions to the Homework 7 problems recycled from the 2025 final exam. Graded homework 6 submissions will be E-mailed soom. |
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24 April 2026, 12:28:37 CDT
Linked recent material to the lectures page. |
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23 April 2026, 16:57:06 CDT
Homework 7 assigned, due Monday, 27 April 2026. Late submissions will be accepted without penalty until the morning of 30 April 2026. |
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20 April 2026, 14:49:47 CDT
Modified the illustration for Problem 3 in Homework 6 to that it was easier to trace the connections into the ALU multiplexors. The problem itself has not changed. |
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17 April 2026, 13:30:05 CDT
Added a solution to Problem 2 two the 2025 Final Exam Partial solution and linked the Homework 5 solution the the Homework & Exams page. |
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17 April 2026, 12:24:28 CDT
Linked recent lecture material to the lectures page. |
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14 April 2026, 17:54:56 CDT
Homework 6 assigned, due Wednesday, 22 April 2026. |
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8 April 2026, 12:40:10 CDT
Linked recent lecture notes to the lectures page. |
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31 March 2026, 18:09:31 CDT
Homework 5 assigned, due Wednesday, 8 April 2026. |
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31 March 2026, 8:04:38 CDT
Linked the floating point hardware slides to the Homework & Exams page. Expect a homework assignment later today. |
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25 March 2026, 16:21:37 CDT
Linked the Midterm Exam solution to the Homework & Exams page. |
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22 March 2026, 15:55:33 CDT
Grading Update 3: Midterm Exam grades ready.. The median grade is 44, with a slightly higher mean, 46.3. The range is [98,10]. To find the most important grade click here. Remember that the midterm grade will be forgotten if the final exam grade is higher. |
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20 March 2026, 18:25:32 CDT
Grading Update 2: Problem 1 graded, just started on Problem 2. Grades will be available Sunday at the soonest. |
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20 March 2026, 12:54:06 CDT
Grading Update 1: Linked the Midterm Exam to the Homework & Exams page. Grading will start soon, and grades should be available over the weekend. The next grading update should be posted by approximately 18:30 today. |
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16 March 2026, 14:51:32 CDT
Added FP material to the review slides. Floating point was covered on 6 February. |
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16 March 2026, 13:47:48 CDT
Linked the Midterm Exam Review slides and also the ISA Families demo code to the lectures page. |
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15 March 2026, 16:09:23 CDT
The Homework 4 solution has been linked to the Homework & Exams page. Graded E-mailed assignments will be returned soon. Remember that I expect everyone to *now* be able to solve the problems without help, regardless of how one completed their assignment. |
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2 March 2026, 16:12:52 CST
Added a partial Problem 1 solution to the 2025 Final Exam solution, which was the new problem assigned for Homework 3. The Homework 3 solution has been linked to the Homework & Exams page, though the Problem 1 solution just has a link to the final exam solution. Everyone who didn't do so well on Homework 3 should--must--look at the solution and study it! |
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27 February 2026, 12:26:41 CST
The midterm exam date has been set to Friday, 20 March 2026. The drop date is 27 March. I'll make every effort to get the graded exams back before the drop date. You can help me meet this deadline by starting to study now, since it takes much more time to judge a wrong answer wrong than to see that a right answer is right. |
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27 February 2026, 9:17:32 CST
Homework 4 assigned, due Friday, 6 March 2026. |
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19 February 2026, 15:12:10 CST
Homework 3 assigned, due Wednesday, 25 February 2026. |
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18 February 2026, 17:32:54 CST
Linked the Homework 2 solution to the Homework & Exams page. That page also includes a link to a partial solution to the 2025 final exam. |
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10 February 2026, 16:12:35 CST
Linked the Homework 1 solution to the Homework & Exams page. |
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10 February 2026, 14:26:39 CST
Clarified the sense of the word free in the last problem of Homework 2. |
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9 February 2026, 16:17:13 CST
Linked recent material to the lectures page. |
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9 February 2026, 13:17:55 CST
Homework 2 assigned, due Friday, 13 February 2026. This assignment requires some reading, so don't leave it to the last minute. |
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24 January 2026, 14:33:31 CST
Class will be held via Zoom on Monday, 26 January 2026 unless there are widespread blackouts or other significant storm impacts in the Baton Rouge area. Zoom meeting IDs will be E-mailed soon. Please take care if walking on ice! Even for young invincibles fractures and back injuries take a long time to heal. |
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24 January 2026, 14:12:17 CST
Linked the array access demo slides to the lectures page. This material may be helpful in solving Homework 1. |
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23 January 2026, 14:39:11 CST
Added some material to the Homework 1 description. To see if you have a recent copy look in the upper right. It should show "14:38, 23 January" or later. The changes include suggestions on how the scratch storage might be used, another intermediate step for those who need to referesh their skills, and other small changes. |
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22 January 2026, 17:57:36 CST
Homework 1 assigned, due evening of Wednesday, 28 January 2026. Class accounts needed to solve the assignment were E-mailed a few minutes ago. |
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16 January 2026, 10:32:05 CST
Linked the MIPS review slides to the lectures page. |
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12 January 2026, 13:17:49 CST
Linked introduction slides to the lectures page. Also, set up the Web pages for this semester. |
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