EECS 370

Day	Lecture Topic	Lab Topic	Deadline	Patterson & Hennessey ARM 5th Readings
Week 1 Thu Jan 8	1. Intro			Section 1.1 – 1.4, 1.7
Fri Jan 9		1. Binary & C
Mon Jan 12		1. Binary & C
Week 2 Tue Jan 13	2. ISA and Binary			Section 2.2 – 2.6, 3.2, 3.3
Wed Jan 14
Thu Jan 15	3. LC2K			Section 2.2 – 2.5
Fri Jan 16		Computer Setup
Mon Jan 19		No Lab (MLK Day)
Week 3 Tue Jan 20	4. ARM			Section 2.2, 2.3, 2.5, 2.6
Wed Jan 21
Thu Jan 22	5. Converting C to Assembly			Section 2.2, 2.3, 2.6, 2.7
Fri Jan 23		2. Project 1 – LC2K ISA
Mon Jan 26		2. Project 1 – LC2K ISA
Week 4 Tue Jan 27	6. Function Calls in Assembly			Section 2.8, 2.13
Wed Jan 28
Thu Jan 29	7. Linking & Floating Point		P1a	Section 2.12, 3.2, 3.3, 3.5
Fri Jan 30		3. ARM Assembly
Mon Feb 2		3. ARM Assembly	HW 1
Week 5 Tue Feb 3	8. Combinational Logic Design			Section A.1 – A.3, A.5, C.2
Wed Feb 4
Thu Feb 5	9. Sequential Logic Design		P1s + P1m	Section A.7 – A.9, A.11
Fri Feb 6		4. Project 2 – Functions & Linking
Mon Feb 9		4. Project 2 – Functions & Linking
Week 6 Tue Feb 10	10. FSM & Single-Cycle Processor Design			Section A.10, C.3, 4.1 – 4.4
Wed Feb 11
Thu Feb 12	11. Multi-Cycle Processor Design			Section 4.1 – 4.4
Fri Feb 13		5. Digital Logic
Mon Feb 16		5. Digital Logic
Week 7 Tue Feb 17	12. Pipelined Processors			Section 4.5 – 4.6
Wed Feb 18
Thu Feb 19	13. Data Hazards		P2a	Section 4.7
Fri Feb 20		6. Single- and Multi-cycle Datapaths
Mon Feb 23		6. Single- and Multi-cycle Datapaths	HW 2
Week 8 Tue Feb 24	14. Data Hazards II			Section 4.7
Wed Feb 25
Thu Feb 26	15. Control Hazards & Branch Prediction
Fri Feb 27		No Lab
Mon Mar 2		No Lab
Week 9 Tue Mar 3	No Lecture (Spring Break)
Wed Mar 4
Thu Mar 5	No Lecture (Spring Break)
Fri Mar 6		No Lab
Mon Mar 9		No Lab
Week 10 Tue Mar 10	Midterm Review
Wed Mar 11
Thu Mar 12	Midterm Exam (Lecture time is OH)			Section 4.8, 4.9
Fri Mar 13		7. Advanced Assembly
Mon Mar 16		7. Advanced Assembly
Week 11 Tue Mar 17	16. Introduction to Caches			Section 5.1 – 5.3
Wed Mar 18
Thu Mar 19	17. Cache Blocks and Write Policies		P2l + P2r	Section 5.3
Fri Mar 20		8. Project 3 – Pipelining
Mon Mar 23		8. Project 3 – Pipelining	HW 3
Week 12 Tue Mar 24	18. Direct-Mapped Caches			Section 5.4, 5.8
Wed Mar 25
Thu Mar 26	19. Set-Associative Caches		P3 Checkpoint	Section 5.4, 5.8
Fri Mar 27		9. Datapath Performance
Mon Mar 30		9. Datapath Performance
Week 13 Tue Mar 31	20. Classifying Cache Misses			Section 5.4, 5.5
Wed Apr 1
Thu Apr 2	21. Virtual Memory		P3	Section 5.7
Fri Apr 3		10. Project 4 – Caches
Mon Apr 6		10. Project 4 – Caches
Week 14 Tue Apr 7	Bonus Lecture
Wed Apr 8
Thu Apr 9	22. Multi-Level Page Tables			Section 5.7
Fri Apr 10		11. Cache-Aware Programming
Mon Apr 13		11. Cache-Aware Programming
Week 15 Tue Apr 14	23. Speeding up Virtual Memory			Section 5.7
Wed Apr 15
Thu Apr 16			P4
Fri Apr 17		12. Cache and Virtual Memory Performance
Mon Apr 20		12. Cache and Virtual Memory Performance	HW 4
Week 16 Tue Apr 21	Exam Review
Wed Apr 22
Thu Apr 23	Final Exam (10:30 – 12:30)