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Laboratory Instructions

There are a number of exercises/laboratories that the student will be responsible for over the course of the semester in CSCI 4717. Some of them are graded and some of them are not; some of them will be done during class and some of them will be assigned as homework. Regardless of the type of assignment, the directions for completing the exercise will be found here.

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Due Date Assignment Notes
Sept. 21, 2006
Oct. 9, 2006
None, it's an
in-class exercise

Interrupt simulation

October 24, 2006

I have created a discussion forum on Blackboard. The purpose of this forum is to generate discussion regarding the PCI bus specificaion. You will be graded on your level of participation. You may discuss any of the latest PCI technologies by doing one of the following:

  • Present details about the technology's operation (Be sure to cite your references – I will be checking!)
  • Compare and contrast different PCI specifications
  • Discuss which applications might benefit from the different PCI specifications
  • Ask questions related to the technology in order to start a thread

Be sure to contribute multiple times! This discussion will be open until October 24th. Please make sure that any information you present is factual and of merit, and do not plagiarize. Feel free to post web addresses where you found on-line information, but do not expect to receive any credit for a single sentence such as, "I found some information about PCI-X at http://...."

I would suggest that you begin your investigation by reading this 2005 summary article on PCI from IBM. You may also find some additional resources through PCI-SIG (Special Interest Group), and through Wikipedia's descriptions of PCI-X and PCI-Express.

None, it's an
in-class exercise

Timer exercise

November 21, 2006

Pipeline Homework (answers posted here 11/27/2006)

December 5, 2006

RISC Homework (answers posted here 12/07/2006)

December 11, 2006

In-class Superscalar Exercise (answers posted here 12/11/2006)


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