Still running behind. We took a look at the structure of a modern processor today as background for how prefetching and multithreading fit into an overall context, then began looking at prefetching. The sample midterm was handed out today, due Thursday, and is copied below. Skip question 7 because we won’t get to it until the day before the exam. It’s just there tp provide a sense of what might be asked. 

Slides are here

Sample midterm is here