| Week (Sun.) | Tuesday | Thursday | Readings | Other |
| Legend: | Planned TA-/guest-led lecture | No class | ||
| Week 1 Aug 18 |
|
Lec 1 - Introduction |
Chapter 1 |
Homework 1 Lec 1 slides VHDL Tutorial 1 and 2 VHDL for Digital Design VHDL Package Reference and Math Tricks VHDL Resources and Reference MIPS reference Sample Comp Arch Interview Questions Class mailing list |
| Week 2 Aug 25 |
Lec 1 - Introduction |
Lec 2 - ISA |
Chapter 2 sections: 2.1-2.8, 2.10-2.13, 2.17-2.20 Dining Philosphers Appendix C.5-C.6 (on cdrom) |
Lec 2 slides Assignment 1 Homework 1 due Thursday Aug 29 @ 11:55 PM via Sakai |
| Week 3 Sept 1 |
Lec 2 - ISA |
Lec 3 - Logic Design |
Homework 2 Lec 3 slides Lab Assignment 1 due Thursday Sept 5 @ 11:55 PM via Sakai |
|
| Week 4 Sept 8 |
Lec 4 - Single Cycle Datapath |
Lec 5 - Single Control |
Chapter 4 sections: 4.1-4.4 |
Assignnment 2: Lab3.txt Lab5.mif Lec 4 slides Lec 5 slides Homework 2 due Thursday Sept 12 @ 11:55 PM via Sakai |
| Week 5 Sept 15 |
Lec 6 - Multicycle Processor |
Additional lab time
or special session |
Lec 6 slides Lab Assignment 2 in lab demo this week |
|
| Week 6 Sept 22 |
Lec 7 - Multipliers and Shifters |
Special Presentation - Tosiron (UBICOMM) |
Chapter 3 |
Lab Assignment 2 due Thursday Sept 26 @ 11:55 PM via Sakai Lec 7 slides Lec 8 slides Homework 3 |
| Week 7 Sept 29 |
Lec 8 - Division and Floating Point Special guest - National Instruments |
Lec 9 - Performance |
Chapter 1 Multicore CPUs The Trouble With Multicore |
Homework 3 due Thursday Oct 3 @ 11:55 PM via Sakai Assignnment 3 Sample Midterm Study guide Lec 9 slides |
| Week 8 Oct 6 |
Midterm 1 review | Midterm 1 |
||
| Week 9 Oct 13 |
Lec 10 - Pipelining |
Lec 10 - Pipelining Lec 11 - Pipeline Hazards |
Chapter 4 sections: 4.5-4.9 |
Lab Assignment 3 checkpoint demo in lab this week Lec 10 slides |
| Week 10 Oct 20 |
Lec 11 - Pipeline Hazards |
Additional lab time or special session |
Lab Assignment 3 final demo in lab this week Lab Assignment 3 due Saturday Oct 26 @ 11:55 PM via Sakai Lec 11 slides Homework 4 |
|
| Week 11 Oct 27 |
CHREC Student Guest Speaker |
Special Presentation - Tosiron (ICCD) Graduate school and research discussion Special Guest: ECE Graduate School Admissions |
Homework 4 due Thursday Oct 31 @ 11:55 PM via Sakai Assignnment 4 |
|
| Week 12 Nov 3 |
Graduate School/Academia special discussion |
Lec 12 - Memory Hierarchies |
Chapter 5 sections:5.1-5.3, 5.5, 5.7-5.12 Chapter 6 |
Lab Assignment 4 demo in lab this week Lab Assignment 4 due Saturday Nov 9 @ 11:55 PM via Sakai Assignnment 5 Lec 12 slides RAID Lec 14 slides |
| Week 13 Nov 10 |
CHREC Guest Speaker |
Lec 12 - Memory Hierarchies Lec 13 - I/O Systems |
Section 5.4 |
Lec 13 slides |
| Week 14 Nov 17 |
Lec 13 - I/O Systems | Midterm 2 review |
MT 2 Study guide Sample Final (but your MT is not cumulative) |
|
| Week 15 Nov 24 |
Lec 14 - Virtual Memory | Thanksgiving | ||
| Week 16 Dec 1 |
Midterm 2 | Reading Day |
Lab Assignment 5 due Saturday Dec 7 @ 11:55 PM via Sakai |
|
| Finals Week Dec 8 |
No Class | No Class |