CS 210: Introduction to Computer Architecture

Date	Topic and reading	Assignments
Week 1
Mon, Oct 04	Introduction [slides] No reading	Problem Set 0: Syllabus
Wed, Oct 06	Assembly language [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Sections 1.3–1.4
Fri, Oct 08	Computer organization [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 1.5
Week 2
Mon, Oct 11	Assembly programming [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 2.2	Problem Set 1: MIPS
Wed, Oct 13	Assembly continued [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 2.3
Fri, Oct 15	Number representation [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 2.4
Week 3
Mon, Oct 18	Negative numbers and overflow [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 2.5	Problem Set 2: Number representation Lab 1: MIPS
Wed, Oct 20	Overflow; starting representing instructions [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 2.5
Fri, Oct 22	Representing instructions [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 2.6
Week 4
Mon, Oct 25	Bitwise operations [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 2.7	Problem Set 3: Bit-level operations Lab 2: Bit-level operations
Wed, Oct 27	Branches [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 2.8
Fri, Oct 29	Procedures [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 2.9 through 2.9.2
Week 5
Mon, Nov 01	The stack [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 2.9 through 2.9.4	Problem Set 4: More MIPS Lab 3: MIPS Fibs
Wed, Nov 03	MIPS addressing [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 2.9
Fri, Nov 05	Digital logic [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Sections 2.10 and 3.2
Week 6
Mon, Nov 08	Boolean algebra [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 3.3 Decoders & Multiplexors	Problem Set 5: Digital logic Lab 4: MIPS Array
Wed, Nov 10	Combinatorial logic [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 3.3 skip ‘don’t cares’ section
Fri, Nov 12	ALU [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 3.4
Week 7
Mon, Nov 15	State Elements [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 3.6	Problem Set 6: Multiplexers & adders Lab 5: 7-segment display
Wed, Nov 17	Clocks and Flip-flops [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 3.7
Fri, Nov 19	Floating point [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 4.4 through 4.4.8
Week 8
Mon, Nov 22	No class: Thanksgiving break No reading
Wed, Nov 24	No class: Thanksgiving break No reading
Fri, Nov 26	No class: Thanksgiving break No reading
Week 9
Mon, Nov 29	Floating point [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 4.4	Problem Set 7: Flip-flops Lab 6: Adder/subtractor
Wed, Dec 01	Floating point and performance [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 1.7
Fri, Dec 03	Performance and datapath [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 5.2
Week 10
Mon, Dec 06	Datapath [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 5.3	Problem Set 8: Floating point & performance Lab 7: Counter
Wed, Dec 08	Control path [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 5.4
Fri, Dec 10	Control path 2 [slides] No reading
Week 11
Mon, Dec 13	Pipelining 1 [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 5.6	Problem Set 9: Datapath Lab 8: Floating point
Wed, Dec 15	Pipelining 2 [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 5.7 through 5.7.10
Fri, Dec 17	Pipelining 3 [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 5.7
Week 12
Mon, Dec 20	Data hazards 1 [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 5.8	Problem Set 10: Pipelining
Wed, Dec 22	Control hazards [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 5.9
Fri, Dec 24	No class: winter break No reading
Week 13
Mon, Dec 27	No class: winter break No reading
Wed, Dec 29	No class: winter break No reading
Fri, Dec 31	No class: winter break No reading
Week 14
Mon, Jan 03	Caches 1 [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 6.2	Problem Set 11: Branch prediction Final project: Caches
Wed, Jan 05	Caches 2 [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 6.3
Fri, Jan 07	Caches 3 [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 6.4 to ‘Choosing which block’
Week 15
Mon, Jan 10	Caches 4 [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 6.4	Problem Set 12
Wed, Jan 12	Caches 5 [slides] No reading
Fri, Jan 14	Caches 6 [slides] No reading