Computer Architecture
Semester 1, 2007
CSSE3001 is a course which explores the architectural issues affecting the performance, power consumption and functionalities of computer systems, for example, performance measures for computers, instruction set design, computer arithmetic, datapath design, controller design, memory hierarchy, cache, virtual memory, interfacing processors & peripherals, parallel processors. After this course, you will gain an understanding of the modern computer system, explored the design problems which are faced by computer architects today.
The teaching team for 2007 is Neil Bergmann and Philip Machanick. Your tutor is Tim Mason. Please send all course related emails to csse3001 AT itee.uq.edu.au.
Consultation times:
- Philip Machanick: Wednesday 9:00–11:00
- Neil Bergmann: Tuesday 10:00–11:00
Notices
- 16/05 Project electronic handin now available: due date 28 May, 11pm (links here for CSSE3001 and CSSE7000)
- 16/05 Project talk marks with feedback available
- 14/05 Exam paper information (including sample questions) here.
- 24/04: Details of talk times for project added to project page: please check your details.
- 17/04: sign-up for talking slots for project available (list at pracs and lectures)
- 17/04: Tuesday tutorial moved to Monday 10:00-11:00, 78-219
- 06/3: Prac page: see updates there on prac sessions.
- 26/2: Teaching Plan: see updates there for lecture notes and tutorials.
- 23/2: Course Profile: there are small differences in the CSSE3001 and CSSE7000 profiles: specifically, the Masters version will include a small extension of the project.
Website Updates
- 07/06: results now include final results for the project and an overall class mark total (50% of the course total)
- 23/05: results now include final attendance scores and results to date for the project
- 26/04: results (initially only attendance score to date) available
- 20/04: Prac 5 and Tutorial 5 posted
- 04/04: partial solutions to Tutorials 1–3 posted
- 27/3: Prac 4 and Tutorial 4 posted
- 19/3: Prac 3 posted
- 16/3: Tutorial 3 posted – note this one is for 2 weeks
- 08/3: Project mark scheme available
- 06/3: Prac 1 available
- 03/3: Project topics available
- 01/3: Lecture 2 available
- 26/2: Lecture 1 and Tutorial 1 available
- 26/2: Teaching Plan posted
- 23/2 course profiles available
- 23/2: initial setup
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I access the course newsgroup uq.itee.csse3001?
Some of you will find that you cannot post messages on the newsgroup, especially if your ISP is not UQconnect. Try one of the following solutions:
- Refer to the methods suggested by the ITEE StudentHelp FAQ.
- If you only want to read the messages (but not post), the newsgroup could be accessed on the web.
- It is also possible to use ITEE’s secure news server sslnews.itee.uq.edu.au from off-campus by connecting to sslnews.itee.uq.edu.au using SSL and your ITEE username and password (but NOT using secure password authentication). This method is not supported by ITS.
- Use VPN:
- Download the VPN client using this link: http://uqconnect.net/helpdesk/guides/vpn/?show=student
- Follow the instructions from ITS on setting it up and connect to UQ using the VPN client;
- Use a newsgroup reader (eg. Outlook Express);
- Add “news.uq.edu.au” as a news server. Make sure the username and password fields are empty if prompted. Don’t put anything in those fields.
- Subscribe to uq.itee.csse.3001 and you should be able to post your own messages.
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