6.823 Computer System Architecture - Spring 2021
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6.823 Spring 2021 Study Materials
Prerequisite Self-Assessment Test (
pdf
) and accompanying handout (
pdf
) [Posted on 2/16]
Study Materials for Quiz 1 (L01-L07)
Handouts
Handout 1 - EDSACjr
Handout 2 - CISC x86
Handout 3 - RISC MIPS
Handout 4 - Cache
Handout 5 - Victim Cache
Handout 6 - Virtual Memory
Handout 7 - Nested Paging
Handout 8 - LMIPS
Handout 9 - EDSACjr-II
(For 2019 Quiz 1)
2020 Quiz 1 Handout - SRRIP
2020 Quiz 1 Handout - Interleaved Memory
2021 Quiz 1 Handout - Predication
Problem Sets
Problem Set 1
(L01)
(Solution)
Problem Set 2
(L02)
(Solution)
Problem Set 3
(L03)
(Solution)
Problem Set 4
(L04-05)
(Solution)
Problem Set 5
(L06-07)
(Solution)
Past Quizzes
2019 Quiz 1
(Solution)
2020 Quiz 1
(Solution)
This Year's Quiz
2021 Quiz 1
(Solution)
Study Materials for Quiz 2 (L08-L12)
Handouts
Handout 11 - In-order Scoreboarding
Handout 12 - Out-of-order with Re-order Buffer (ROB)
2019 Quiz 2 Handout
2020 Quiz 2 Handout
2021 Quiz 2 Handout - Reservation Stations
2021 Quiz 2 Handout - Store Sets
Problem Sets
Problem Set 6 (L08-09)
(Solution)
Problem Set 7 (L10)
(Solution)
Problem Set 8 (L11)
(Solution)
Problem Set 9 (L12)
(Solution)
Past Quizzes
2019 Quiz 2
(Solution)
2020 Quiz 2
(Solution)
2021 Quiz 2 Solution
Study Materials for Quiz 3 (L13-L17)
Handouts
Handout 13 - Directory Protocol
Handout 14 - Snoopy Protocol
Handout 15 - Single-producer/Multi-consumer Shared-Memory Queues
Handout 16 - Router Architecture
2019 Quiz 3 Handout
2020 Quiz 3 Handout
2021 Quiz 3 Handout
Problem Sets
Problem Set 11 (L13-14)
(Solution)
Problem Set 12 (L16-L17)
(Solution)
Problem Set 13 (L15)
(Solution)
Quizzes
2019 Quiz 3
(Solution)
2020 Quiz 3
(Solution)
2021 Quiz 3 Solution
Study Materials for Quiz 4 (L18-L23)
Handouts
Handout 17 - Bus-Based MIPS Implementation
2019 Quiz 4 Handout
Problem Sets
Problem Set 10 (L18)
(Solution)
Problem Set 14 (L19-20)
(Solution)
Problem Set 15 (L21)
(Solution)
Problem Set 16 (L22)
(Solution)
Quizzes
2019 Quiz 4
(Solution)
2020 Quiz 4
(Solution)
2021 Quiz 4 Solutions