Note: Reading assignments denoted by "Ch. x" are taken from the required textbook (Patterson & Hennesey 2005).
DATES WEEK WEB MATERIAL COVERED IN CLASS ASSIGNMENTS
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5/14-18 W1 Web AppxB T: Intro to Comp Organization Get Textbook, CISE Acct.
Web 1.1-3 R: Technology Trends, Logic Design Text 1.1-1.8, Appx.B
Web 1.4 R: Logic Design and Usage ASN:Hw-1
5/21-25 W2 Web 1.5 T: Performance Assessment Text 4.1-4.3
Web 1.6 R: Benchmarking Text 4.4-4.7
Web 2.1 R: ISA and Machine Language Text 2.1-2.3 Quiz #1
5/28-31 W3 Web 2.2-3 T: Instruction Fmt, Decision Instr Text 2.4-2.6, Appx.A
Web 2.4 R: Procedures, Number Systems DUE:Hw-1, ASN:Hw-2
Web 2.5 R: Datatypes, Addressing Text 2.7-2.9
6/04-08 W4 Web 2.6 T: Pointers/Arrays, MIPS Progs,ISAs Text 2.9-2.19
Web 3.1 R: Arith/Logic Ops Text 3.1-3.2
Web 3.2 R: ALUs and the MIPS ALU Text 3.3-3.10, Quiz #2
6/11-15 W5 ---- T: Exam 1, in class - No Readings -
Web 3.3 R: Boolean Multiplication DUE:Hw-2, ASN: Hw-3
Web 3.4 R: Boolean Division Algorithms Text 3.4-3.5
6/18-22 W6 Web 3.4-5 T: Floating Point Arithmetic Text 3.6-3.8
Web 3.6 R: Floating Point Arith: MIPS,IA-32 Text 3.7, Appx.B
Web 4.1-2 R: Processor and Datapath Design Text 5.1-5.3, Quiz #3
-- Mid-Semester Break: Week of 25-29 June 2007 --
DATES WEEK WEB MATERIAL COVERED IN CLASS ASSIGNMENTS
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7/02-06 W7 Web 4.3 T: Single-Cycle Datapaths Text 5.4-5.6
Web 4.3 R: Multi-Cycle Datapaths DUE:Hw-3
Web 4.3-4 R: Datapaths and Controller FSM Appx.C, Quiz #4
7/09-13 W8 Web 5.1 T: Microprogramming Text 5.7-5.11
Web 5.1-2 R: Pipelined Datapaths Text 6.1-2, ASN: Hw-4
---- R: Pipelined Datapaths & Control Text 6.2-3
7/16-20 W9 Web 5.2-3 T: Pipelined Control, Ex-2 Review DUE:Hw-4
Web 5.2-3 R: Pipeline Hazards Text 6.4-6
Web 5.2-3 R: Exam 2, in class
7/23-27 W10 Web 5.4 T: Pipeline Performance Analysis Text 6.8-6.12
Web 6.1-2 R: Memory Hierarchies, Cache Text 7.1-7.3, DUE: Hw-4
Web 6.2-3 R: Cache Performance Analysis Text 7.3-7.4
7/30-8/3 W11 Web 6.3 T: Virtual Memory & Performance ASN: Hw-5
Web 6.4 R: I/O Devices + Buses Text: 8.1-8.5
Web 6.4 R: I/O Device Performance Analysis Text: 8.6-8.10, 9.1-9.10
8/06-10 W12 Web 7.1-4 T: Multiprocessors, Final Exam Rvw DUE: Hw-5, Quiz #5
--- R: Final Exam, in class - No Readings -
This concludes the description of the anticipated class schedule. Use the E-mail links at the top of this Web page to correspond with the instructor or TAs, if you have any questions.