ASSIGNMENT:

In teams of two, prepare a 15 minute presentation on some computer architecture-related topic of interest to you. Your presentation should synthesize information from several sources. (Teams of three or more will be considered for large topics. Total presentation time will increase 8 minutes for every person over two.)

DUE:

Proposal:	Monday, 1 April 2019
Presentation:	Monday, 15 April 2019 (Last Monday of class)

PROPOSAL

Send me an e-mail by Monday, 1 April telling me (a) who you are working with, and (b) what your topic is.

PRESENTATION:

Apply the Golden Rule to your presentation: Give the type of presentation that you would enjoy watching. Don't simply read your notes. Instead, be sure to use some visuals: whiteboard, overheads, PowerPoint, etc. (Although, take care not to let your presentation degenerate into reading PowerPoint slides.) Better yet, make your presentation interactive: Ask questions of the audience, or have a group activity. Feel free to have fun and make the audience laugh; just keep in mind that your primary goal is to teach the audience.

REFERENCES:

Your presentation should incorporate and synthesize material from five different sources. (I may approve a smaller number for certain topics.) At least two of those sources must be available in hard copy (i.e., not just a web page). You don't necessarily need to obtain the hard copy (for example, you may download an electronic copy of a research paper), but the source must have been published somewhere besides the web.

Wikipedia itself not a reliable source; however, it is a good source of references.

GRADING:

The presentation will be worth 5% of your overall grade. I will grade your presentations using this rubric.

CHOOSING A TOPIC:

Each topic may be covered by only one group per class. Topics will be chosen first-come, first-serve; so, e-mail me when you know what you want to do. Here are some topic ideas: (You are, of course, welcome to suggest different topics.) Your presentation must go beyond what was covered in class.

• Discuss new and interesting architectures
• Low power issues
• New architecture-related compiler technology
• How transistors really work
• Other Computer Engineering topics that we covered too quickly
• Specific microcode implementations
• New memory technology (e.g. DDR3, Flash)
• New storage technology
• State-of-the art architecture research. (e.g., check out what grad students are doing at Wisconsin, Stanford, Texas, etc.)
• File systems
• Advanced cache replacement algorithms

Chosen Topics:

1. Ryan and Chad: Effect of compiliers
2. Ryan and Logan: Storage technologies
3. Patrick and Jeff: Incorporating FPGA into CPUS/GPUs

1. Greg and William: Pepsi vs. Coke

1. Ben and Parker S.: Quantum Computing
2. Matt and Nolan: Quantum Tunneling / Paramagnetic effect
3. Sierra and Tressa: How transistors work

1. Aly, Kanoa, Dan: Low power issues.
2. Gionata, Troy, and Jacob: Transistors

1. Cameron and Rose: Thermal Design Power
2. Parker P. and John: RISC V
3. Trung and Colton: New Memory tecnology

Updated Friday, 5 April 2019, 3:03 PM