Note the the following is an initial plan and will change as needed. Some of the material will be from outside. You must follow the lectures. Readings below include related materials, however keep in mind that sometimes we may not follow the text-book very closely.
Week | Date | Topics | Reading | Quizzes | Assignments |
1 | 1/18/2016 | Intro, Combinational Logic | Appendix B.1-B.6 | - | - |
2 | 1/25/2016 | PLAs | B.7-B.11 | Q1 | H1 |
3 | 2/1/2016 | Flipflops, Sequential Circuits | B.7-B.11 | Q2 | - |
4 | 2/8/2016 | Instruction set architecture | Ch2.1-2.7, Appendix A | Q3 | H2 |
5 | 2/15/2016 | MIPS | - | Q4 | P1 |
6 | 2/22/2016 | MIPS Cont. | Ch2.8-2.15 | Q5 | - |
7 | 2/29/2016 | Performance/Trends | Ch1 | Q6 | - |
8 | 3/7/2016 | Review, Midterm (Fri) | Cumulative | - | - |
Break | 3/14/2016 | - | - | - | - |
9 | 3/21/2016 | Arithmatic | Ch3 | Q7 | - |
10 | 3/28/2016 | Processor Datapath | Ch4.1-4.4 | Q8 | Arithmatic |
11 | 4/4/2016 | Pipelining | Ch4.5-4.9 | Q9 | - |
12 | 4/11/2016 | Multiple Issue, Memory Hierarchy 1 | Ch4.10, Ch5 | Q10 | Progress Report Due |
13 | 4/18/2016 | Memory Hierarchy 2 | Ch5 | Q11 | - |
14 | 4/25/2016 | Parallel Processors A, B, Presentations | Ch6 | Q12 | Presentations |
15 | 5/2/2016 | Review, Final | Cumulative | _ | Final Report Due |
FW | 5/9/2016 | Distance Final Due | - | _ | - |