Tine is a new prof (as of time of writing) and his class def has some parts that could use polishing, but I overall like the class.

Pros
- Homework relatively easy, mostly multiple choice quizzes
- I like the focus on RISC-V instead of CISC architectures
- Discusses practical things and macroscopic architecture trends in class instead of just theory
- Fairly interactive and engaging
- Exams were easy - BruinLearn quizzes, administered in person (you use your own laptop)

Cons
- Project was janky. Your code doesn't actually implement a CPU; for some parts you're only implementing the out of order scheduler timings to print things in the right order
- Exams were messy; prof had to constantly make clarifications

got baited by the one good review from winter 2024....

professor seems like funny and chill guy but as a professor he is not it. beyond confusing, convolutes even the most simple topics, often times he will teach us the wrong thing to correct himself later. for a class that already has difficult content, a professor that doesn't get mixed up often and confuse us further would be helpful. even when he is talking, it's so unclear: his drawings are just messy and he doesn't clearly refer to things as he is talking about them.

the homework were tricky, projects were alright with a partner, the final was abysmal with literally no questions on the discussions, homework, or in the lectures that we had any practice with. literally the first time seeing that content and it was on the final.

no amount of studying can prepare you for that...

He's an ok m151b professor. Just some comments:
- The homework is autograded bruinlearn quizzes, and 20% of our grade. I highly recommend crashing office hours to confirm answers. Most were averaged around 90-95%.
- Projects were really cool imo, and decent amount of support was provided, in addition to execution debug traces to help with debugging the projects. It does require reading a bunch of code someone else wrote to figure out how to do things (definitely use an IDE with autocomplete!), but they were fun! One project had an extra credit component that was fairly easy to do.
- Lecture attendance is mandatory! He uses a google form + codeword system, which can easily be gamed if you have someone who does attend, but really sucks for a 6-8pm class (at least this quarter)
- Exams were similar to homework, but nothing directly copied from it. Averages are fairly low due to the ambiguous multiple choice and calculation questions for 90% of the points with no partial credit, but the exams are a total of 40% of your grade and I suspect he will curve.

TL;DR take this class with Nader if you can in the Fall, but not the end of the world if you have to take with Tine.

I really respect Prof. Tine as a person, he is very nice and he cares about his student's learning that's outside the lecture. However: His lectures are pretty unclear. The worst part is that his slides are extremely hard to understand and can't be used as revision materials. Furthermore, his exams are POORLY worded, questions are very confusing to understand, and he had to make clarifications all the time. Please take this class with someone else.