CMSC 411 Computer Architecture, Fall 2018
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Instructor: Michelle Hugue
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Email: meeshATumd.edu
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Office: 1109a AV Williams
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Hours: Regular and by appointment
Class accounts: Unix accounts, if needed, will be on the GRACE ( Glue Research and
Academic
Computing Environment) cluster. Development tools, such as Eclipse, and
JAVA 1.8 are available on the cluster; we will grade your projects
using the submit server.
To use the
cluster, you will need a TerpConnectn account. If you do not have one, or if you are not sure if you have one, you must
request one asap.
Required Book: Computer Architecture: A Quantatitive Approach, 5ed by John Hennessy and David Patterson.
(see 4th ed ) for your convenience.
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Social Quizzes : at least 7 (seven) in-class exercises, at least 4 announced. (5%)
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Two 75 minute Tests: T1 (10/TBD), T2(11/tbd) (28% each)
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Cumulative Final Exam: 12/17/18 6:30 to 8:30 PM
(2 hours) (39%)
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