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...

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