Worksheets/Handouts | Sample Quizzes | Sample Midterms | Sample Finals | Code Timing Examples

For several of the files available on this page you will need a postscript interpreter. GSview provides this capability for Windows machines, OS/2, DEC Alpha machines, and UNIX/X11 boxes.

Chapter Summaries[top]

• Chapter 1,   2
• Simple operation of MIPS
• Appendix A
• Chapter 3,  4,  5
  
  

Worksheets[top]

• Worksheet 1: Units, Speedup, and Amdahl's Law. (html, ps, pdf).
        Answers: (html, ps, pdf).
        Alternate Answers for the Performing CPU
• Harder Ch1 Worksheet: (html, ps) and answers (html, ps)
• Worksheet 2: MIPS ISA and Basic Pipeline. (html, ps, pdf).
        Answers: (1 and 2) (html, ps, pdf).
        Answers: (3 and 4) (html).
• Worksheet 3: Controlling Pipeline Hazards. (html, ps, pdf).
        Answers: (html, ps, pdf).
• Worksheet 4: Learning 'Bout Latency (html, ps, pdf).
        Answers: (html, ps, pdf).
• Worksheet 5: Memory Management (html, ps, pdf).
        Answers: (html, ps, pdf).

Sample Quizzes[top]

• Spring 2003

• Fall 2002

Sample Midterms[top]

Spring 1997 (postscript only) Solutions	Summer 1998 (postscript only)	Sample Midterm Fall 2002 (html), (pdf), (ps)
Summer 1997 (postscript only) Solutions set 1 (postscript version) Solutions set 2 (postscript only)	Fall 1998 Solutions set 1 Fall 1998 Solutions set 2

Finals[top]

Spring 1997 (postscript only) Solutions	Summer 1998 (postscript only)
Summer 1997 (postscript only)

Pipeline Timing Charts and Code Sequence Tables[top]

ILP, loop unrolling, scoreboard: ps, pdf, ppt, ppt (Office 98)

ILP, Tomasulo , Dynamic Branch Prediction: ps, pdf, ppt, (ppt Office 98)

Refer to the above ILP docs for a better look at scoreboard and tomasulo code timing examples that are demonstrated in the text. These are from Dr. Patterson's Lecture Notes which are all available in postscript, pdf, and powerpoint formats. Postscript files are good for printing, but pdf and ppt files are usually better for viewing on the screen, particularly since he uses color in those to highlight relationships.