CS 210: Introduction to Computer Architecture

Date	Topic and reading	Assignments
Week 1
Wed, Aug 26	Introduction No reading
Fri, Aug 28	Assembly language Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 1.3
Week 2
Mon, Aug 31	Computer organization Reading Computer Organization and Design. Sections 1.4 and 1.5	Problem Set 0: Syllabus
Wed, Sep 02	Assembly programming Reading Computer Organization and Design. Sections 2.1 and 2.2
Fri, Sep 04	Assembly continued Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 2.3
Week 3
Mon, Sep 07	No class: Labor Day No reading	Problem Set 1: Assembly Lab 1: Intro to RISC-V
Wed, Sep 09	Number representation Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 2.4 through Hardware/Software Interface
Fri, Sep 11	Negative numbers and overflow Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 2.4 remainder
Week 4
Mon, Sep 14	Representing instructions Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 2.5	Problem Set 2: Number representation
Wed, Sep 16	Bitwise operations Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 2.6
Fri, Sep 18	Branches Reading Computer Organization and Design. Sections 2.7 and 2.10
Week 5
Mon, Sep 21	No class: Yom Kippur No reading	Problem Set 3: Bit-level operations Lab 2: Bit-level operations
Wed, Sep 23	Procedures Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 2.8 up to Allocating Space for New Data on the Stack
Fri, Sep 25	The stack Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 2.8 remainder
Week 6
Mon, Sep 28	More stack Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 2.14	Problem Set 4: Control flow Lab 3: Fibs
Wed, Sep 30	Digital logic Reading Computer Organization and Design. Appendix A.2
Fri, Oct 02	Boolean algebra Reading Computer Organization and Design. Appendix A.3 Decoders & Multiplexors
Week 7
Mon, Oct 05	Combinational logic Reading Computer Organization and Design. Appendix A.3 skip don’t cares	Problem Set 5: Digital logic Lab 4: Arrays
Wed, Oct 07	ALU Reading Computer Organization and Design. Appendix A.5 skip Defining the RISC-V ALU in Verilog
Fri, Oct 09	Clocks Reading Computer Organization and Design. Appendix A.7
Week 8
Mon, Oct 12	Clocks and Flip-flops Reading Computer Organization and Design. Appendix A.8	Problem Set 6: Multiplexers & adders Lab 5: 7-segment display
Wed, Oct 14	Performance Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 1.6
Fri, Oct 16	More Performance No reading
Week 9
Mon, Oct 19	No class: Fall Break No reading
Wed, Oct 21	No class: Fall Break No reading
Fri, Oct 23	No class: Fall Break No reading
Week 10
Mon, Oct 26	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 28	Floating point Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 3.5 remainder
Fri, Oct 30	MIPS addressing Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 2.10
Week 11
Mon, Nov 02	Data path Reading Computer Organization and Design. Sections 4.1 and 4.2	Problem Set 8: Floating point & performance Lab 7: Counter
Wed, Nov 04	Data path Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 4.3
Fri, Nov 06	Control path Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 4.4
Week 12
Mon, Nov 09	Control path continued No reading	Problem Set 9: Data path Lab 8: Floating point
Wed, Nov 11	Pipelining Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 4.6
Fri, Nov 13	Pipelining Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 4.7
Week 13
Mon, Nov 16	Pipelining and Data hazards Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 4.8	Problem Set 10: Pipelining
Wed, Nov 18	Control hazards Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 4.9
Fri, Nov 20	Catch up No reading
Week 14
Mon, Nov 23	Caches Reading Computer Organization and Design. Sections 5.1 and 5.2	Problem Set 11: Branch prediction
Wed, Nov 25	No class: Thanksgiving Break No reading
Fri, Nov 27	No class: Thanksgiving Break No reading
Week 15
Mon, Nov 30	Caches Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 5.3	Problem Set 12: Caches Final project: Caches
Wed, Dec 02	Caches Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 5.4
Fri, Dec 04	Caches No reading
Week 16
Mon, Dec 07	Caches No reading
Wed, Dec 09	Definitely more caches Reading P.J. Fleming and J.J. Wallace. How not to lie with statistics: the correct way to summarize benchmark results.