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 Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 1.3
Week 2
Mon, Sep 01	No class: Labor Day No reading
Wed, Sep 03	Computer organization Reading Computer Organization and Design. Sections 1.4 and 1.5
Fri, Sep 05	Assembly programming Reading Computer Organization and Design. Sections 2.1 and 2.2
Week 3
Mon, Sep 08	Assembly continued Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 2.3	Problem Set 1: MIPS
Wed, Sep 10	Number representation Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 2.4 through Hardware/Software Interface
Fri, Sep 12	Negative numbers and overflow Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 2.4 remainder
Week 4
Mon, Sep 15	Representing instructions Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 2.5	Problem Set 2: Number representation Lab 1: MIPS
Wed, Sep 17	Bitwise operations Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 2.6
Fri, Sep 19	Branches Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 2.7
Week 5
Mon, Sep 22	Procedures 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 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 Reading Computer Organization and Design. Appendix B.2	Problem Set 4: MIPS Lab 3: MIPS Fibs
Wed, Oct 01	Boolean algebra Reading Computer Organization and Design. Appendix B.3 Decoders & Multiplexors
Fri, Oct 03	Combinatorial logic Reading Computer Organization and Design. Appendix B.3 skip don’t cares
Week 7
Mon, Oct 06	ALU 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 Reading Computer Organization and Design. Appendix B.7
Fri, Oct 10	Clocks and Flip-flops Reading Computer Organization and Design. Appendix B.8
Week 8
Mon, Oct 13	Performance Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 1.6	Problem Set 6: Multiplexers & adders Lab 5: 7-segment display
Wed, Oct 15	More Performance No reading
Fri, Oct 17	TBA 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 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 Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 3.5 remainder
Fri, Oct 31	MIPS addressing Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 2.10
Week 11
Mon, Nov 03	Data path 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 Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 4.3
Fri, Nov 07	Control path Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 4.4
Week 12
Mon, Nov 10	Control path No reading	Problem Set 9: Data path Lab 8: Floating point
Wed, Nov 12	Pipelining Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 4.6
Fri, Nov 14	Pipelining Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 4.7
Week 13
Mon, Nov 17	Pipelining and Data hazards Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 4.8	Problem Set 10: Pipelining
Wed, Nov 19	Control hazards Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 4.9
Fri, Nov 21	Caches Reading Computer Organization and Design. Sections 5.1 and 5.2
Week 14
Mon, Nov 24	Caches Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 5.3	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 Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 5.4	Problem Set 12
Wed, Dec 03	Caches No reading
Fri, Dec 05	Caches No reading
Week 16
Mon, Dec 08	TBA No reading
Wed, Dec 10	TBA No reading