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 [slides] 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 [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 3.5 remainder
Fri, Apr 04	MIPS addressing [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 2.10
Week 10
Mon, Apr 07	Data path [slides] 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 [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 4.3
Fri, Apr 11	Control path [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 4.4
Week 11
Mon, Apr 14	Control path [slides] No reading	Problem Set 9: Data path Lab 8: Floating point
Wed, Apr 16	Pipelining [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 4.6
Fri, Apr 18	Pipelining [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 4.7
Week 12
Mon, Apr 21	No class: Work on the lab No reading	Problem Set 10: Pipelining
Wed, Apr 23	Pipelining and Data hazards [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 4.8
Fri, Apr 25	Control hazards [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 4.9
Week 13
Mon, Apr 28	No class No reading	Problem Set 11: Branch prediction Final project: Caches
Wed, Apr 30	Caches [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Sections 5.1 and 5.2
Fri, May 02	Caches [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 5.3
Week 14
Mon, May 05	Caches [slides] Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 5.4	Problem Set 12
Wed, May 07	Caches No reading
Fri, May 09	Caches [slides] No reading