1. EECE476: Computer Architecture Course Administration and Announcements The University of British ColumbiaEECE 476© 2005 Guy Lemieux

2. Instructors Professor Guy Lemieux –Office 4016 in new Kaiser Building –Please email or stop by my office with questions TAs –David Grant, MASc, Univ of Waterloo davidg@ece.ubc.ca –Usman Ahmed, MASc, Ryerson Univ. uahmed@ece.ubc.ca –Both new PhD students, new to UBC

3. Meeting Times Lectures: 3hrs / week –Tuesday 10-11, MCLD228 –Wednesday 4-6, MCLD202 Tutorial: 1hr / week –Thursday 10-11, MCLD228 –Used for midterm, quizzes –TA help, etc

4. Course Work 4 or 5 Quizzes (5%) 2 Midterms (25%) –Mid-October –Early-November Project (5% + 15%) –Work in pairs –Mid-point progress (5%) –Final demonstration (15%) Final Exam (50%)

5. Project Implement a CPU in Verilog –We provide some basic building blocks for you –You put pieces together –May build/use software tools (assemblers, compilers, CPU simulators) to help WARNING –Building the CPU is easy, but… –Testing takes a long time! –Start early !!!

6. Dissemination Lecture notes, assignments, etc –Stored on ECE web server http://www.ece.ubc.ca/~elec476 –No photocopy handouts Please bring your own printouts or laptop Your personal grades –Stored on WEBCT

7. Grad School Considering Grad School? –Consider which schools you want Choice of a supervisor is more important than the school… –Hence, topic selection is important!! Ask professors for advice (eg, talk to me!) –Start applying for scholarships! Look @ UBC, look @ target institutions, look @ agencies –UBC Scholarship information session: http://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/index.asp?menu=019,000,00 0,000 9:00-11:00, Sept 15, GSS Ballroom @ Grad Student Centre

8. Federal Scholarships NSERC Scholarships http://www.nserc.cahttp://www.nserc.ca –Canada Graduate Scholarship (CGS) and PostGraduate Scholarship (PGS) (same form) $17,300 to $35,000 per year –Very prestigious Need 85%+ average in last 2 years (2 nd & 3 rd yr) References from professors (approach them early!!) Canadian citizen or permanent resident –Applications due Sept 22 FIRM !! Allow time for transcripts, reference letters Application quite detailed – takes long time to fill out Check with ECE Student Services