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 (formerly EMCB 101).

Labs:  None

Lecture Topics / Assignments:

Week #1:  August 25 - August 29

Reading: Chapters 1 and 2 Tuesday lecture: Introduction to Computer Organization Thursday lecture: The process of computing, MIPS Instruction Set Architecture I (arithmetic)

Week #2:  September 1 - September 5

Reading: Chapter 2 Tuesday lecture: MIPS ISA II (addressing and comparisons), SPIM simulator Thursday lecture: MIPS ISA III (branches and procedures) Written Assignment: Homework assignment #1 Due Thursday

Week #3:  September 8 - September 12

Reading: Chapter 2, Appendix A Tuesday lecture: Computing performance, MIPS review Thursday lecture: MIPS examples in SPIM Written Assignment: Homework assignment #2 Due Thursday

Week #4:  September 15 - September 19

Reading: Chapter 3 Tuesday lecture: C and the process of compiling Thursday lecture: Number systems, low-level addition and subtraction Written Assignment: Homework assignment #3 Due Thursday

Week #5:  September 22 - September 26

Reading: Chapter 3 Tuesday lecture: Number systems, low-level multiplication and division Thursday lecture: Floating point representation and operations Written Assignment: Homework assignment #4 Due Thursday

Week #6:  September 29 - October 3

Reading: Appendix B (on the CD) Tuesday lecture: Midterm Exam #1 in class Thursday lecture: Digital design basics

Week #7:  October 6 - October 10

Reading: Appendix B (on the CD) Tuesday lecture: Arithmetic is logic Thursday lecture: Designing a data path Written Assignment: Homework assignment #5 Due Thursday

Fall break:  October 13 - October 17

Fall break!

Week #8:  October 20 - October 24

Reading: Chapter 4 Tuesday lecture: Review / Wrap up digital components Thursday lecture: Measuring computer performance Written Assignment: Homework assignment #6 Due Friday

Week #9:  October 27 - October 31

Reading: Chapter 5 Tuesday lecture: Measuring computer performance Thursday lecture: Single-cycle CPU design

Week #10:  November 3 - November 7

Reading: Chapter 6 Tuesday lecture: Single-cycle CPU design Thursday lecture: Multi-cycle CPU design Written Assignment: Homework assignment #7 Due Thursday

Week #11:  November 10 - November 14

Reading: Chapter 6 Tuesday lecture: Midterm Exam #2 in class Thursday lecture: Pipelining I

Week #12:  November 17 - November 21

Reading: Chapter 7 Tuesday lecture: Pipelining II Thursday lecture: Pipeline hazards

Week #13:  November 24 - November 28

Reading: Chapter 7 Tuesday lecture: Memory systems and caches Thursday lecture: No lecture - Thanksgiving Written Assignment: Homework #8 Due Wednesday

Week #14:  December 1 - December 5

Reading: Chapter 8, assigned papers Tuesday lecture: Caches Thursday lecture: Caches and virtual memory Written Assignment: Homework #9 Due Thursday

Week #15:  December 8 - December 12

Reading: Assigned papers Tuesday lecture: Disk and I/O systems, contemporary topic Thursday lecture: Contemporary topic, course review Written Assignment: Homework #10 Due Saturday

Final Exam:  December 19

Written final exam will be Friday, December 19 at 8:00 AM in WEB 101 (where the lectures are held.)

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