Week Topic Reading (H&P) Exams Projects

1/18 Introduction Chpt. 1.1-1.4

1/23 & 1/25 Technology trends; Chpt. 1.5-1.10
Measuring performance
1/30 & 2/1 Instruction set Chpt. 2.1-2.6
architectures (1)
2/6 & 2/8 Instruction set Chpt. 2.7-2.11
architectures (2)
2/13 & 2/15 Instruction set Chpt. 2.11-2.14 Project 1 out on 2/15
architectures (3)
2/20 & 2/22 Computer arithmetic (1) Chpt. 3.1-3.4
2/27 & 3/1 Computer arithmetic (2) Chpt. 3.5-3.9 Project 1 due, 2 out
on 3/1
3/6 & 3/8 The processor (1) Chpt. 4.1-4.3 Exam 1: 3/8;
in class
3/13 & 3/15 Spring Break
3/20 & 3/22 The processor (2) Chpt. 4.4-4.6 Project 2 due, 3 out
on 3/22
3/27 & 3/29 The processor (3) Chpt. 4.7-4.9
4/3 & 4/5 Memory hierarchy (1) Chpt. 5.1-5.3 Exam 2: 4/5;
in class
4/10 & 4/12 Memory hierarchy (2) Chpt. 5.4-5.6 Project 3 due, 4 out
on 4/12.
4/17 & 4/19 Memory hierarchy (3) Chpt. 5.7-5.9
4/24 & 4/26 Parallel processors (1) Chpt. 6.1-6.6
5/1 Parallel processors (2) Chpt. 6.7-6.13 Project 4 due on 5/1
5/10 FINAL EXAM:
5/10 @ 4pm,
Georgen 108