CS 210: Introduction to Computer Architecture

Date	Topic and reading	Assignments
Week 1
Mon, Aug 25	No class No reading	Problem Set 0: Syllabus
Wed, Aug 27	Introduction [slides] No reading
Fri, Aug 29	Assembly language [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 1.3
Week 2
Mon, Sep 01	No class: Labor Day No reading
Wed, Sep 03	Computer organization [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Sections 1.4 and 1.5
Fri, Sep 05	Assembly programming [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Sections 2.1 and 2.2
Week 3
Mon, Sep 08	Assembly continued [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 2.3	Problem Set 1: MIPS
Wed, Sep 10	Number representation [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 2.4 through Hardware/Software Interface
Fri, Sep 12	Negative numbers and overflow [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 2.4 remainder
Week 4
Mon, Sep 15	Representing instructions [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 2.5	Problem Set 2: Number representation Lab 1: MIPS
Wed, Sep 17	Bitwise operations [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 2.6
Fri, Sep 19	Branches [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 2.7
Week 5
Mon, Sep 22	Procedures [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 2.8 up to Allocating Space for New Data on the Stack	Problem Set 3: Bit-level operations Lab 2: Bit-level operations
Wed, Sep 24	The stack [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 2.8 remainder
Fri, Sep 26	Pointers in MIPS (but really more stack from lecture 12) Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 2.14
Week 6
Mon, Sep 29	Digital logic [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Appendix B.2	Problem Set 4: MIPS Lab 3: MIPS Fibs
Wed, Oct 01	Boolean algebra [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Appendix B.3 Decoders & Multiplexors
Fri, Oct 03	Combinational logic [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Appendix B.3 skip don’t cares
Week 7
Mon, Oct 06	ALU [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Appendix B.5 skip Defining the MIPS ALU in Verilog	Problem Set 5: Digital logic Lab 4: MIPS Array
Wed, Oct 08	Clocks [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Appendix B.7
Fri, Oct 10	Clocks and Flip-flops [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Appendix B.8
Week 8
Mon, Oct 13	Performance [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 1.6	Problem Set 6: Multiplexers & adders Lab 5: 7-segment display
Wed, Oct 15	More Performance [slides] No reading
Fri, Oct 17	Finishing up Performance [slides] No reading
Week 9
Mon, Oct 20	No class: fall break No reading
Wed, Oct 22	No class: fall break No reading
Fri, Oct 24	No class: fall break No reading
Week 10
Mon, Oct 27	Floating point [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 3.5 up to Floating-Point Addition	Problem Set 7: Flip-flops Lab 6: Adder/subtractor
Wed, Oct 29	Floating point [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 3.5 remainder
Fri, Oct 31	MIPS addressing [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 2.10
Week 11
Mon, Nov 03	Data path [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Sections 4.1 and 4.2	Problem Set 8: Floating point & performance Lab 7: Counter
Wed, Nov 05	Data path [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 4.3
Fri, Nov 07	Control path [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 4.4
Week 12
Mon, Nov 10	Control path continued [slides] No reading	Problem Set 9: Data path Lab 8: Floating point
Wed, Nov 12	Pipelining [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 4.6
Fri, Nov 14	Pipelining [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 4.7
Week 13
Mon, Nov 17	Pipelining and Data hazards [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 4.8	Problem Set 10: Pipelining
Wed, Nov 19	Catch up No reading
Fri, Nov 21	Catch up No reading
Week 14
Mon, Nov 24	Control hazards [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 4.9	Problem Set 11: Branch prediction Final project: Caches
Wed, Nov 26	No class: Thanksgiving No reading
Fri, Nov 28	No class: Thanksgiving No reading
Week 15
Mon, Dec 01	Caches [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Sections 5.1 and 5.2	Problem Set 12
Wed, Dec 03	Caches [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 5.3
Fri, Dec 05	Caches [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 5.4
Week 16
Mon, Dec 08	Caches [slides] No reading
Wed, Dec 10	Caches No reading