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 [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 3.7	Problem Set 6: Multiplexers & adders Lab 5: 7-segment display
Wed, Oct 16	Performance [slides] 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 [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 4.4	Problem Set 7: Flip-flops Lab 6: Adder/subtractor
Wed, Oct 30	Floating point [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 4.4
Fri, Nov 01	MIPS addressing [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 2.10
Week 11
Mon, Nov 04	Data path [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 5.2	Problem Set 8: Floating point & performance Lab 7: Counter
Wed, Nov 06	Data path [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 5.3
Fri, Nov 08	Control path [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 5.4
Week 12
Mon, Nov 11	Control path [slides] No reading	Problem Set 9: Data path Lab 8: Floating point
Wed, Nov 13	Pipelining [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 5.6
Fri, Nov 15	Pipelining [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 5.7
Week 13
Mon, Nov 18	Pipelining and Data hazards Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 5.8	Problem Set 10: Pipelining
Wed, Nov 20	Data hazards [slides] Reading CSCI 210 zyBook. Section 5.9
Fri, Nov 22	Control hazards [slides] No reading
Week 14
Mon, Nov 25	Caches [slides] 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 [slides] No reading
Fri, Dec 06	Caches No reading
Week 16
Mon, Dec 09	Caches [slides] No reading
Wed, Dec 11	TBA No reading