Lecture & Homework Schedule
Standard disclaimer: dates are subject to change.
Date | Lecture | Homework | Reading |
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Mon 01/29 | 1. Introduction | HW1 assigned | Sections 1.1 - 1.5 |
Wed 01/31 | 2. Instruction Semantics | Sections 2.1 - 2.3, 2.5 - 2.8 | |
Mon 02/05 | 3. Runtime Environment | Sections 2.8, 2.10 - 2.13 | |
Wed 02/07 | 4. Peformance Metrics | Sections 1.6, 1.9 - 1.10 | |
Mon 02/12 | 5. Boolean Logic | HW1 due at 11:59:59 PM, HW2 assigned | Sections A.2 - A.3 |
Wed 02/14 | 6. Integer Representations | Sections 2.4 - 2.6, 2.9, 3.2 | |
Mon 02/19 | 7. Arithmetic Logic Unit | Sections A.5 - A.6 | |
Wed 02/21 | 8. Multiplication | Sections 3.3 | |
Mon 02/26 | 9. Division | HW2 due at 11:59:59 PM; Proj 1 assigned | Sections 3.4 |
Wed 02/28 | Midterm 1 | ||
Mon 03/04 | 10. Floating Point | Sections 3.5 | |
Wed 03/06 | 11. Datapaths | Sections A.7 - A.8, 4.1 - 4.3 | |
Mon 03/11 | 12. Single-Cycle Control Unit | Sections 4.4 | |
Wed 03/13 | 13. Multi-Cycle Control Unit | Sections 4.5 | |
Mon 03/18 | Spring Break | ||
Wed 03/20 | Spring Break | ||
Mon 03/25 | 14. Microprogramming and Exceptions | Proj1 due at 11:59:59 PM; HW3 assigned | Sections 4.9 |
Wed 03/27 | 15. Pipelining | Sections 4.5 | |
Mon 04/01 | 16. Pipeline Controls | Sections 4.6 | |
Wed 04/03 | 17. Pipeline Hazards | Sections 4.7 - 4.9 | |
Mon 04/08 | Midterm 2 | ||
Wed 04/10 | 18. Memory Systems | HW3 due at 11:59:59 PM; HW4 assigned | Sections 5.1 - 5.3, A.9 |
Mon 04/15 | 19. Cache Performance | Sections 5.3 - 5.4 | |
Wed 04/17 | 20. Multi-Cache Designs | Sections 5.8 - 5.10 | |
Mon 04/22 | 21. Virtual Memory | Sections 5.7 | |
Wed 04/24 | 22. Address Spaces | HW4 due at 11:59:59 PM; Proj2 assigned | AMD64 Architecture Manual, sections 5.3 - 5.4; A Guide to Using Direct Memory Access |
Mon 04/29 | 23. I/O Performance | Sections 5.5 | |
Wed 05/01 | 24. Bus Interconnects | Everything You Need to Know About the PCI Express, How PCI express devices talk | |
Mon 05/06 | 25. Interrupt Handling and Multi-Data Processing | Sections 6.3 | |
Wed 05/08 | 26. Parallel Processing | Sections 4.10, 6.4 | |
Mon 05/13 | Makeup Day | ||
Wed 05/15 | Proj2 due at 11:59:59 PM | ||
Mon 05/20 | Final Exam (6:00pm – 8:00pm) |