CS 210: Introduction to Computer Architecture

Date	Topic and reading	Assignments
Week 1
Mon, Feb 03	Introduction [slides] No reading	Problem Set 0: Syllabus
Wed, Feb 05	Assembly language [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 1.3
Fri, Feb 07	Computer organization [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Sections 1.4 and 1.5
Week 2
Mon, Feb 10	Assembly programming [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Sections 2.1 and 2.2	Problem Set 1: MIPS
Wed, Feb 12	Assembly continued [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 2.3
Fri, Feb 14	Number representation [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 2.4 through Hardware/Software Interface
Week 3
Mon, Feb 17	Negative numbers and overflow [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 2.4 remainder	Problem Set 2: Number representation Lab 1: MIPS
Wed, Feb 19	Representing instructions [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 2.5
Fri, Feb 21	Bitwise operations [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 2.6
Week 4
Mon, Feb 24	Branches [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 2.7	Problem Set 3: Bit-level operations Lab 2: Bit-level operations
Wed, Feb 26	Procedures [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 2.8 up to Allocating Space for New Data on the Stack
Fri, Feb 28	The stack [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 2.8 remainder
Week 5
Mon, Mar 03	Pointers in MIPS (but really more stack from lecture 12) Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 2.14	Problem Set 4: MIPS Lab 3: MIPS Fibs
Wed, Mar 05	Digital logic [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Appendix B.2
Fri, Mar 07	Boolean algebra [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Appendix B.3 Decoders & Multiplexors
Week 6
Mon, Mar 10	Combinatorial logic [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Appendix B.3 skip don’t cares	Problem Set 5: Digital logic Lab 4: MIPS Array
Wed, Mar 12	ALU [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Appendix B.5 skip Defining the MIPS ALU in Verilog
Fri, Mar 14	Clocks [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Appendix B.7
Week 7
Mon, Mar 17	Clocks and Flip-flops [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Appendix B.8	Problem Set 6: Multiplexers & adders Lab 5: 7-segment display
Wed, Mar 19	Performance [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 1.6
Fri, Mar 21	Catch up [slides] No reading
Week 8
Mon, Mar 24	No class: spring break No reading
Wed, Mar 26	No class: spring break No reading
Fri, Mar 28	No class: spring break No reading
Week 9
Mon, Mar 31	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, Apr 02	Floating point Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 3.5 remainder
Fri, Apr 04	MIPS addressing Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 2.10
Week 10
Mon, Apr 07	Data path Reading Computer Organization and Design. Sections 4.1 and 4.2	Problem Set 8: Floating point & performance Lab 7: Counter
Wed, Apr 09	Data path Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 4.3
Fri, Apr 11	Control path Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 4.4
Week 11
Mon, Apr 14	Control path No reading	Problem Set 9: Data path Lab 8: Floating point
Wed, Apr 16	Pipelining Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 4.6
Fri, Apr 18	Pipelining Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 4.7
Week 12
Mon, Apr 21	Pipelining and Data hazards Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 4.8	Problem Set 10: Pipelining
Wed, Apr 23	Data hazards Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 4.9
Fri, Apr 25	Control hazards No reading
Week 13
Mon, Apr 28	Caches Reading Computer Organization and Design. Sections 5.1 and 5.2	Problem Set 11: Branch prediction Final project: Caches
Wed, Apr 30	Caches Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 5.3
Fri, May 02	Caches Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 5.4
Week 14
Mon, May 05	Caches No reading	Problem Set 12
Wed, May 07	Caches No reading
Fri, May 09	Caches No reading