EEC 483 Computer Organization, Fall 2002

 

 

Content

Reading assignments by next class

Homework by next week

Aug 26 M

1. Computer Abstractions and Technology

Ch. 2

 

Aug 28 W

2. The Role of Performance

Section 3.1-3

HW#1

Sep 2 M

NO CLASS (Labor Day)

 

 

Sep 4 W

3.1-3 Operations & Operands

Section 3.4

 

Sep 9 M

3.4 Representing Instructions in the Computer

Section 3.5

 

Sep 11 W

3.5 Instructions for Making Decisions

Section 3.7-8

 

Sep 16 M

3.7 & 3.8 Other Styles of MIPS Addressing

Section 3.10

HW#2

Sep 18 W

3.10 Example

Section 3.9, Appendix A

 

Sep 23 M

3.9 Starting a Program & Appendix A Assemblers, Linkers

 

 

Sep 25 W

Quiz

Section 4.1-2

 

Sep 30 M

4.1-2 Signed and Unsigned Numbers

Section 4.3-4

 

Oct 2 W

4.3-4.4 Addition, Subtraction, Logical Operations

Section 4.5

 

Oct 7 M

4.5 Constructing an ALU

Section 4.6

 

Oct 9 W

4.6 Multiplication

 

 

Oct 14 M

NO CLASS (Columbus Day)

 

 

Oct 16 W

Midterm Exam

 

 

Oct 21 M

Review of Midterm Exam

Section 4.7

 

Oct 23 W

4.7 Division

Section 4.8

 

Oct 28 M

4.8 Floating Point

Section 5.1-2

 

Oct 30 W

5.1-2 Building a Datapath

Section 5.3

HW#3

Nov 4 M

5.3 A Simple Implementation Scheme

 

 

Nov 6 W

5.3 A Simple Implementation Scheme

 

 

Nov 11 M

NO CLASS (Veteran¡¯s Day)

 

 

Nov 13 W

5.4 A Multicycle Implementation

Section 5.4

 

Nov 18 M

Quiz

Section 5.5-6

 

Nov 20 W

5.5-6 Microprogramming & Exceptions

Section 6.1

HW#4

Nov 25 M

6.1 An Overview of Pipelining

Section 7.1-2

 

Nov 27 W

6.1 An Overview of Pipelining

Section 7.1-2

 

Dec 2 M

7.1-2 The Basics of Caches

 

 

Dec 4 W

Review

 

 

Dec 9 M

Final Exam