CS 210: Introduction to Computer Architecture

Date	Topic and reading	Assignments
Week 1
Fri, Aug 30	Introduction [slides] No reading
Week 2
Mon, Sep 02	No class: Labor Day No reading	Problem Set 0: Syllabus
Wed, Sep 04	Assembly language [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Sections 1.3 & 1.4
Fri, Sep 06	Computer organization [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 1.5
Week 3
Mon, Sep 09	Assembly programming [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 2.2	Problem Set 1: MIPS
Wed, Sep 11	Assembly continued [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 2.3
Fri, Sep 13	Number representation [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 2.4
Week 4
Mon, Sep 16	Negative numbers and overflow [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 2.5	Problem Set 2: Number representation Lab 1: MIPS
Wed, Sep 18	Representing instructions [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 2.6
Fri, Sep 20	Bitwise operations [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 2.7
Week 5
Mon, Sep 23	Branches [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 2.8	Problem Set 3: Bit-level operations Lab 2: Bit-level operations
Wed, Sep 25	Procedures [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 2.9–2.9.2
Fri, Sep 27	The stack [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 2.9
Week 6
Mon, Sep 30	Pointers in MIPS [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 2.11	Problem Set 4: MIPS Lab 3: MIPS Fibs
Wed, Oct 02	Digital logic [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 3.2
Fri, Oct 04	Boolean algebra [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 3.3 Decoders & Multiplexors
Week 7
Mon, Oct 07	Combinatorial logic [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 3.3 (skip don’t cares)	Problem Set 5: Digital logic Lab 4: MIPS Array
Wed, Oct 09	ALU [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 3.4
Fri, Oct 11	Clocks [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 3.6
Week 8
Mon, Oct 14	Clocks and Flip-flops Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 3.7	Problem Set 6: Multiplexers & adders Lab 5: 7-segment display
Wed, Oct 16	Performance Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 1.8
Fri, Oct 18	Catch up No reading
Week 9
Mon, Oct 21	No class: fall break No reading
Wed, Oct 23	No class: fall break No reading
Fri, Oct 25	No class: fall break No reading
Week 10
Mon, Oct 28	Floating point Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 4.4	Problem Set 7: Flip-flops Lab 6: Adder/subtractor
Wed, Oct 30	Floating point Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 4.4
Fri, Nov 01	MIPS addressing Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 2.10
Week 11
Mon, Nov 04	Data path Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 5.2	Problem Set 8: Floating point & performance Lab 7: Counter
Wed, Nov 06	Data path Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 5.3
Fri, Nov 08	Control path Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 5.4
Week 12
Mon, Nov 11	Control path No reading	Problem Set 9: Data path Lab 8: Floating point
Wed, Nov 13	Pipelining Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 5.6
Fri, Nov 15	Pipelining Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 5.7
Week 13
Mon, Nov 18	Data hazards Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 5.8	Problem Set 10: Pipelining
Wed, Nov 20	Control hazards Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 5.9
Fri, Nov 22	Control hazards No reading
Week 14
Mon, Nov 25	Caches Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 6.2	Problem Set 11: Branch prediction Final project: Caches
Wed, Nov 27	Caches Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 6.3
Fri, Nov 29	No class: Thanksgiving No reading
Week 15
Mon, Dec 02	Caches Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 6.4	Problem Set 12
Wed, Dec 04	Caches No reading
Fri, Dec 06	TBA No reading
Week 16
Mon, Dec 09	TBA No reading
Wed, Dec 11	TBA No reading