University of Jordan

Computer Engineering Department

CPE 431: Performance Evaluation and Modeling

Fall 2004

Instructor Dr. Gheith Abandah
Email abandah@ju.edu.jo
Home page http://www.abandah.com/gheith
Office Computer Engineering 405
Office hours
bulletSunday 13:00-14:00
bulletTuesday 10:00-11:00
bulletWednesday 14:00-15:00
No. of credit hrs 3
Prerequisites CPE 232
Time and room
bulletSection 1: Sun, Tue, and Thu 8:00-9:00, EE 002
bulletSection 2: Sun, Tue, and Thu 9:00-10:00, CE 002
bulletSection 3: Mon and Wed 12:30-14:00, Mech 003
Textbook Raj Jain, The Art of Computer Systems Performance Analysis, Wiley, 1991.
References
  1. Patterson and Hennessy. Computer Organization & Design: The Hardware/Software Interface, 2nd ed., Morgan Kaufmann, 1997.

  2. Hennessy, Patterson, and Goldberg. Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach, 3rd ed., Morgan Kaufmann, 2002.

Grading
Assignments 10%
First Exam 20%
Second Exam 20%
Final Exam 50%
Tentative outline
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Overview of Performance Evaluation

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Measurement Techniques and Tools

First exam

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Probability Theory and Statistics

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Experimental Design and Analysis

Second exam

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Simulation

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Queuing Models

Final exam

Handouts Assignment 1 (Due November 4, 2004)

Sample first exam

A good reference for Verilog is Hyde's Handbook on Verilog HDL

VeriLogger Pro from SynaptiCAD is a good Verilog simulation environment.

Assignment 2 (Due December 2, 2004)

Use the following library in your Verilog simulations: lib431.v

Assignment 3 (Due December 30, 2004)

Sample second exam

Assignment 4 (Due January 18, 2005) Assignment4.zip