The following schedule is subject to revision, assignments will be linked in approximately one week before they are due.

Lectures:  Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9:10 AM - 10:30 AM in WEB 101 (lower than 1000 level, go to west end of WEB and descend stairs).

Labs:  None

Lecture Topics / Assignments:

Week #1:  August 24 - August 28

Reading: Chapters 1 and 2 Tuesday lecture: Introduction to Computer Organization Thursday lecture: Performance, The process of computing

Week #2:  August 31 - September 4

Reading: Chapter 2 Tuesday lecture: MIPS ISA I (arithmetic), MARS simulator Thursday lecture: MIPS ISA II (addressing and comparisons) Written Assignment: Homework assignment #1 Due Thursday

Week #3:  September 7 - September 11

Reading: Chapter 2, Appendix B Tuesday lecture: MIPS ISA III (branches and procedures) Thursday lecture: MIPS Wrap-up Written Assignment: Homework assignment #2 Due Following Monday (Sep 14)

Week #4:  September 14 - September 18

Reading: Chapter 3 Tuesday lecture: C and the process of compiling Thursday lecture: Number systems, low-level addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division Written Assignment: Homework assignment #3 Due Following Monday (Sep 21)

Week #5:  September 21 - September 25

Reading: Chapter 3, Appendix C (on the CD) Tuesday lecture: Floating point Thursday lecture: Digital design basics Written Assignment: Homework assignment #4 Due Following Monday (Sep 28)

Week #6:  September 28 - October 2

Reading: Appendix C (on the CD) Tuesday lecture: Midterm Exam #1 in class Thursday lecture: Arithmetic is logic

Week #7:  October 5 - October 9

Reading: Appendix C (on the CD) Tuesday lecture: Designing a data path Thursday lecture: Review / Wrap up digital components Written Assignment: Homework assignment #5 Due Following Monday (Oct 19)

Fall break:  October 12 - October 16

Fall break!

Week #8:  October 19 - October 23

Reading: Chapter 4 Tuesday lecture: Measuring performance Thursday lecture: Single-cycle CPU design Written Assignment: Homework assignment #6 Due Following Monday (Oct 26)

Week #9:  October 26 - October 30

Reading: Chapter 4 Tuesday lecture: Single-cycle CPU design Thursday lecture: Pipelining I

Week #10:  November 2 - November 6

Reading: Chapter 4 Tuesday lecture: Pipelining II / data hazards Thursday lecture: Control hazards Written Assignment: Homework assignment #7 Due Following Tuesday (Nov 10)

Week #11:  November 9 - November 13

Reading: Chapter 4 Tuesday lecture: Parallelism Thursday lecture: Midterm Exam #2 in class

Week #12:  November 16 - November 20

Reading: Chapter 5 Tuesday lecture: Memory systems / virtual memory Thursday lecture: Direct-mapped caches

Current week

Week #13:  November 23 - November 27 Reading: Chapter 6, assigned papers Tuesday lecture: Disk and I/O systems Thursday lecture: No lecture - Thanksgiving Written Assignment: Homework #8 Due Following Monday (November 30)

Week #14:  November 30 - December 4

Reading: Chapters 6 and 7 Tuesday lecture: I/O, flash storage Thursday lecture: Multicores Written Assignment: Homework #9 Due Following Friday (December 11)

Week #15:  December 7 - December 11

Reading: Chapter 7, Appendix A Tuesday lecture: Parallel programs Thursday lecture: Course review Written Assignment: Homework #9 Due Friday

Final Exam:  December 14

Written final exam will be Monday, December 14 at 8:00 AM in WEB 101 (where the lectures are held.)

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