Note that this course is remote-only. You can find Zoom meeting links here. I plan to record all class meetings, and you can find links to recordings in the same document.
| Lecture date | Topics | Reading | Assignments |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 25 (M) | (No class) | ||
| January 27 (W) | About the course (Notes) | ||
| February 1 (M) | Overview/introduction (Notes) | 1 (okay to skim 1.5, skim/skip 1.7, 1.9, 1.10) | |
| February 3 (W) | Defining and measuring performance (Notes) | ||
| February 8 (M) | (No class) | Reading Quiz 1: HTML, PDF | |
| February 10 (W) | (No class) |
Homework 1:
HTML,
PDF
(accepted without penalty through Friday) |
|
| February 15 (M) | No class (part of distributed spring break) | ||
| February 17 (W) | (No class -- cancelled by University) | ||
| February 22 (M) | Introduction to assembly language (Notes) | 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 | |
| February 24 (W) | No class (substitute spring break day?) | ||
| March 1 (M) | Machine language instructions (Notes) | 2.5 | |
| March 3 (W) | Logical operations; conditional execution (Notes) | 2.6, 2.7 | Reading Quiz 2: HTML, PDF |
| March 8 (M) |
Q&A (live):
(Notes);
Support for procedures; more about assembly language (recorded) (Notes) |
2.8, A.9, A.10 (up to but not including list of instructions) | |
| March 10 (W) |
Q&A (live):
(Notes);
Writing complete programs for SPIM (recorded): (Notes) |
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| March 15 (M) | More programming examples (Notes) | ||
| March 17 (W) | Character data; addressing modes; instructions for synchronization (Notes) | 2.9, 2.10, 2.11 |
Reading Quiz 3:
HTML,
PDF;
Homework 2: HTML, PDF (both accepted through Friday without penalty) |
| March 22 (M) | Assembling and linking (Notes) | 2.12, A.2, A.3, A.4 | |
| March 24 (W) | Assembling and linking, continued (Notes) |
Reading Quiz 4:
HTML,
PDF
(accepted through 03/31 without penalty) |
|
| March 29 (M) | Homework 4 background; chapter 2 wrap-up (Notes) | 2.13 (skim), 2.14, 2.15 through 2.19 (skim), 2.20, 2.21, 2.22 | |
| March 31 (W) | Numbers and arithmetic | 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 (skim), 3.5 (skim), 3.6 (skim), 3.9, 3.10 (Notes) |
Homework 3:
HTML,
PDF
(accepted through Friday without penalty) |
| April 5 (M) |
Plans for coming weeks (live):
(Notes);
Introduction to designing a processor; a little about circuit design (Notes) |
4.1; B.1, B.2, B.3, B.5, B.7 (skim), B.8 (skim details of clocking), B.9 (skim), B.10 (skim/skip) (in all sections, skip material on Verilog) |
Reading Quiz 5:
HTML,
PDF
(accepted through Friday without penalty) |
| April 7 (W) | No class (part of distributed spring break) | ||
| April 12 (M) | More about designing a processor (Notes) | 4.2, 4.3 | |
| April 14 (W) | Designing a processor, continued (Notes) | 4.4 |
Homework 4:
HTML,
PDF
(accepted without penalty through Friday) |
| April 19 (M) | A bit about multicycle implementations; pipelining (Notes) | 4.5 (in-text only --- not supplemental online), 4.6, 4.7 (skim) |
Reading Quiz 6:
HTML,
PDF
(accepted through Friday without penalty) |
| April 21 (W) | Pipelining, continued; exceptions (Notes) | 4.8 (skim), 4.9 (skim), 4.10, 4.15, 4.16 | |
| April 26 (M) | (Catch-up day) |
Reading Quiz 7:
HTML,
PDF
(accepted through Friday without penalty) |
|
| April 28 (W) | (Catch-up day) |
Homework 5:
HTML,
PDF
(accepted without penalty through Friday) |
|
| May 3 (M) | (Catch-up day) | Reading Quiz 8: HTML, PDF | |
| May 5 (W) | Course wrap-up and evaluations (Notes) |
Reading Quiz 9:
HTML,
PDF
Homework 6: HTML, PDF (accepted without penalty through May 10) |
|
| May 15 (Sa) | (Not a class day) |
Reading Quiz 10
HTML,
PDF
Homework 7: HTML, PDF |
|
| May 18 (Tu) | (Not a class day) | Final deadline for all work for graduating seniors | |
| May 21 (F) | (Not a class day) | Final deadline for all work |