CS 210: Introduction to Computer Architecture

Date	Topic and reading	Assignments
Week 1
Mon, Feb 02	Introduction [slides] No reading	Problem Set 0: Syllabus
Wed, Feb 04	Assembly language Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 1.3
Fri, Feb 06	Computer organization Reading Computer Organization and Design. Sections 1.4 and 1.5
Week 2
Mon, Feb 09	Assembly programming Reading Computer Organization and Design. Sections 2.1 and 2.2	Problem Set 1: MIPS
Wed, Feb 11	Assembly continued Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 2.3
Fri, Feb 13	Number representation Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 2.4 through Hardware/Software Interface
Week 3
Mon, Feb 16	Negative numbers and overflow Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 2.4 remainder	Problem Set 2: Number representation Lab 1: MIPS
Wed, Feb 18	Representing instructions Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 2.5
Fri, Feb 20	Bitwise operations Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 2.6
Week 4
Mon, Feb 23	Branches Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 2.7	Problem Set 3: Bit-level operations Lab 2: Bit-level operations
Wed, Feb 25	Procedures Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 2.8 up to Allocating Space for New Data on the Stack
Fri, Feb 27	The stack Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 2.8 remainder
Week 5
Mon, Mar 02	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 04	Digital logic Reading Computer Organization and Design. Appendix B.2
Fri, Mar 06	Boolean algebra Reading Computer Organization and Design. Appendix B.3 Decoders & Multiplexors
Week 6
Mon, Mar 09	Combinational logic Reading Computer Organization and Design. Appendix B.3 skip don’t cares	Problem Set 5: Digital logic Lab 4: MIPS Array
Wed, Mar 11	ALU Reading Computer Organization and Design. Appendix B.5 skip Defining the MIPS ALU in Verilog
Fri, Mar 13	Clocks Reading Computer Organization and Design. Appendix B.7
Week 7
Mon, Mar 16	Clocks and Flip-flops Reading Computer Organization and Design. Appendix B.8	Problem Set 6: Multiplexers & adders Lab 5: 7-segment display
Wed, Mar 18	Performance Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 1.6
Fri, Mar 20	More Performance No reading
Week 8
Mon, Mar 23	No class: spring break No reading
Wed, Mar 25	No class: spring break No reading
Fri, Mar 27	No class: spring break No reading
Week 9
Mon, Mar 30	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 01	Floating point Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 3.5 remainder
Fri, Apr 03	MIPS addressing Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 2.10
Week 10
Mon, Apr 06	Data path Reading Computer Organization and Design. Sections 4.1 and 4.2	Problem Set 8: Floating point & performance Lab 7: Counter
Wed, Apr 08	Data path Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 4.3
Fri, Apr 10	Control path Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 4.4
Week 11
Mon, Apr 13	Control path continued No reading	Problem Set 9: Data path Lab 8: Floating point
Wed, Apr 15	Pipelining Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 4.6
Fri, Apr 17	Pipelining Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 4.7
Week 12
Mon, Apr 20	Pipelining and Data hazards Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 4.8	Problem Set 10: Pipelining
Wed, Apr 22	Control hazards Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 4.9
Fri, Apr 24	Catch up No reading
Week 13
Mon, Apr 27	Caches Reading Computer Organization and Design. Sections 5.1 and 5.2	Problem Set 11: Branch prediction Final project: Caches
Wed, Apr 29	Caches Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 5.3
Fri, May 01	Caches Reading Computer Organization and Design. Section 5.4
Week 14
Mon, May 04	Caches No reading	Problem Set 12
Wed, May 06	Caches No reading
Fri, May 08	Definintely more caches No reading