Lec Date Subject Reading Homework
assigned due
1. 1/31 Introduction, terminology 1.1-1.6 HW1
2. 2/2 Performance, 2.1-2.5
3. 2/7 Benchmarks, 2.6-2.8 HW2
4. 2/9 CPU operation skim 3.1-3.7
read p117-121 HW1
5. 2/14 esim - project simulator web page HW3 HW2
6. 2/16 Instructions and registers skim 3.8-3.11
read p145-149
7. 2/21 Arithmetic 4.1-4.4 HW4 HW3
8. 2/23 ALU 4.5
9. 2/28 Multiply 4.6 HW5
10. 3/1 Divide 4.7 HW4
11. 3/6 Floating Point 4.8
12. 3/8 esim - circuits and debugging web page HW6 HW5
13. 3/13 Control Unit 5.1-5.3
14. 3/15 Microprogramming - review 5.4-5.5
Spring Break
15. 3/27 mid-term exam
16. 3/29 Pipelining 1 6.1 HW7 HW6
17. 4/3 Pipelining 2 6.2-6.3
18. 4/6 Project outline web page HW8 HW7
19. 4/10 Pipelining hazards 1 6.4-6.6 PROJ
20. 4/12 Pipelining hazards 2 " HW9 HW8
21. 4/17 Cache 7.1-7.2 PROJ 1/3
22. 4/19 Cache performance 7.3 HW10 HW9
23. 4/24 Virtual memory 1 7.4-7.5
24. 4/26 Virtual memory 2 " HW11
25. 5/1 Project layouts web page HW10
PROJ 2/3
26. 5/3 I/O types and performance 8.1-8.3 HW12 HW11
27. 5/8 Busses, I/O-processor connection 8.4-8.6
28. 5/10 Multiprocessors skim 9.1-9.4 HW12
29. 5/15 Review study PROJ 3/3
30. 5/22 Final Exam Monday May 22, 6:00pm-8:00pm (no other)
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