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cs470 - Fall 2006



The new deadline for hw#5 is 11/14/06.
There will be no lab this week AND next week. Labs will resume the week of 11/27.

Syllabus
Homeworks and Exams

Make sure you always show your work. This way you may get partial credit in case the final result is wrong. In any event, please try to prove your statement(s).

Failure to prove things earns you only 50% of the maximum for that particular problem in case the answer is correct, and nothing in case the answer is wrong. In case you can't prove something show at least your attempts or try to give an explanation of why you gave that particular answer.
  • Hw1 Posted 8/20, due 9/5.
    • Hw1 results: max=%, min=%, avg=%, std_dev=
  • Hw2 Posted 8/20, due 9/19.
    • Hw2 results: max=%, min=%, avg=%, std_dev=
  • Hw3 Posted 8/20, due 10/3.
    • Hw3 results: max=%, min=%, avg=%, std_dev=
  • Hw4 Posted 8/20, due 10/31.
    • Hw4 results: max=%, min=%, avg=%, std_dev=
  • Hw5 Posted 8/20, due 11/14.
    • Hw5 results: max=%, min=%, avg=%, std_dev=
  • Hw6 Posted 8/20, due 11/21.
    • Hw6 results: max=%, min=%, avg=%, std_dev=
  • Hw7 Posted 8/20, due 11/28.
    • Hw7 results: max=%, min=%, avg=%, std_dev=
  • Midterm
    • Midterm results: max=%, min=%, avg=%, std_dev=
  • Final
    • Final exam results: max=%, min=%, avg=%, std_dev=

Labs

A number of simulators will be used for your labs, such as SPIM (a MIPS32 simulator), dinero (a Trace-Driven Uniprocessor Cache Simulator), CAMERA (a memory tutorial software package) and VMSIM (a virtual memory simulator). You are required to install the software on your own computer and become familiar with using it.

Your textbook comes with better SPIM documentation than the one in the original SPIM distribution. You can find the documentation on the companion CD, under the Tutorials. For your convenience the same documentation is also available below:

You are required to install the SPIM on your own computer and become familiar with using it. You can download the software and get additional information about the simulator from the official SPIM web page.

You must print out the lab documentation below, fill out the sections dedicated to your work and then turn it in to your Lab Instructor following the lab schedule outlined in the syllabus:

  • Lab1 (Getting Started with SPIM)
  • Lab2 (MIPS: The Virtual Machine)
  • Lab3 (Control Stuctures in MIPS)
  • Lab4 (Register Usage and Procedures)
  • Lab5 (Memory Issues)
  • Lab6 (Arithmetic in MIPS)
  • Lab7 (Exceptions in MIPS)


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