Polytechnic Institute of NYU - CS6143 Course Web Site

Polytechnic Institute of NYU
Computer Science and Engineering
Six Metrotech Center
Brooklyn, New York 11201

(5/4/2012) Final Exam Information

Date : Thursday, May 10, 2012

Time : 6 - 8:30

Place : JAB 678

Homework : 1 - 6

Pick up graded Homework 6 in professor's office

Open book : You can use your notes, homework, handouts and books

(3/13/2012) Midterm Exam Information

Date : Thursday, March 29, 2012

Time : 6 - 8:30

Place : JAB 678

Homework : 1 - 3

Open book : You can use your notes, homework, handouts and books

(1/27/2012)

The classroom has been changed to JAB 678

(1/26/2012)

The classroom is JAB774

The course is open for registration

General Information :

CS6133 is a prerequsite for CS6143

Students who have taken CS2214 can take CS6143

In order to test your knowledge to determine if you have the background for CS6143, work on the program on slide 4 of the following presentation MIPS01 (a PowerPoint file)

If you cannot get the right clock period, study the slides

If you cannot follow the slides, you need to take CS6133 !

CS 6143 is substantially heavier than CS 6133.

There are two textbooks one of which is the CS6133 textbook

The CS2214 textbook is different even though the authors are the same

I strongly caution students about taking the course ! In general, if your previous hardware courses (typically digital logic and then computer architecture and organization) were not "A", I would suggest that you not register for the course.

The course covers high-speed computing, specifically advanced pipelining and parallel processing :

The emphasis in the parallel processing area will be more on multi-core parallel processing

In the first half of the semester, we will cover advanced pipelining and in the second half, we will cover parallel processing

Textbooks : There are TWO textbooks

We will continue to use the CS 6133 textbook. Note that the 5th edition of the book is available. But, we will NOT use it.

Computer Architecture : A Quantitative Approach, 4^th edition, J. L. Hennessy and D. A. Patterson, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers Inc., 2007. ISBN : 978-0-12-370490

Students who buy used books : Make sure you also get the CD that comes with the book. The CD is needed

The textbook on parallel processing

Harry F. Jordan & Gita Alaghband, "Fundamentals of Parallel Processing," Prentice-Hall, 2003, ISBN : 0-13-901158-7

We will also use conference and workshop papers on parallel processing, specifically on multi-core parallel processing

We will use slides and papers of a symposium and workshop organized this spring. The slides and papers are often accessible through web pages and by using the Polytechnic library web page

In addition, we will use reference books whose names will be given in the Syllabus when the semester starts

Those students who registered for CS6143 but did not take CS6133 (i.e. those who took CS2214 at Poly or those who took the first level computer architecture course at another school) :

Please review CS6133 chapters, especially the following : Chapters 1 and 5 and Appendices A (pages A-1 to A-47), B and C of the Hennsessy book.

In addition, please study the MIPS01 presentation to refresh your memory by the time the spring 2011 semester starts.

1) Students can see the professor about the course, the homework and any other matter.

2) Professor's office hours and contact information :
      - Room 114LC
      - If the door is closed, he might be teaching
      - haldun dot photon dot poly dot edu
      - (718) 260-3101
      - (718) 260-3609 Fax

3) The professor has an open-door policy for students. Students can arrange for appointments after 6PM.

6) If you do not receive my broadcast email messages or when short-term problems are encountered in PC labs, such as printing problems, students are advised to contact :

For longer-term problems in PC labs and any other matter, students should not hesitate to contact the professor.

		Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
8 - 9
9 - 10		CS2204 Lab B RH 227		CS2204 Lab A RH 227	CS/EE 1012 Lecture RH 615
10 - 11	CS2214 Lecture RH 116	CS2204 Lab B RH 227	CS2214 Lecture RH 116	CS2204 Lab A RH 227	CS/EE 1012 Lecture RH 615
11 - 12	CS2214 Lecture RH 116	CS2204 Lab B RH 227	CS2214 Lecture RH 116	CS2204 Lab A RH 227
12 - 1
1 - 2					CS2204 Lab C RH 227
2 - 3		CS2204 Lecture JAB 475		CS2204 Lecture JAB 475	CS2204 Lab C RH 227
3 - 4		CS2204 Lecture JAB 475		CS2204 Lecture JAB 475	CS2204 Lab C RH 227
4 - 5					CS2204 Lab D RH 227
5 - 6					CS2204 Lab D RH 227
6 - 7				CS6143 Lecture JAB 774	CS2204 Lab D RH 227
7 - 8				CS6143 Lecture JAB 774
8 - 9				CS6143 Lecture JAB 774