EECS 370

Welcome to EECS 370 Fall 2024!

Please see the above calendar for when each queue is open. All office hours are color coded based on where they are and what type they are (individual vs group).

When you come to office hours, please be sure to specify your location. If we can't find you we'll have to pop you off the queue and you'll have to wait in line again.

If the queue is busy, staff members might limit each student to 10 minutes.

Please have your questions ready! Unfortunately we only have so much time to spend with you.

Queue

Administrative Requests

Lab Survey (use to request swaps)

Exam Conflict Requests

Lecture

Office Hours

Several options - see Google calendar

See GCal for OH format

Lecture

Office Hours

Tu 4:30 - 5:30 PM

Drive

MacOS launch.json

WSL launch.json

tasks.json


8:00-10:00 AM
8:30-10:30 AM
9:30-11:30 AM
11:30-1:30 PM
1:30-3:30 PM
2:00-4:00 PM
3:30-5:30 PM
4:00-6:00 PM


8:30-10:30 AM
2:30-4:30 PM
3:30-5:30 PM
4:30-6:30 PM
5:30-7:30 PM

Lab

Time & Location

YouTube Labs from Past Terms

Assembler, Simulator, and Assembly-Language Multiplication

Spec

Walkthrough

FAQ

Advanced Assembler and Linker

Spec

Walkthrough

FAQ

Pipelined Datapath Simulator

Project 3 Pipeline vs Lecture Pipeline

Lecture Pipeline Simulator

Data and Memory Cache Simulator

Cache Simulator

HW1 Folder

HW2 Folder

HW3 Folder

HW4 Folder

Wednesday, October 9th at 7 - 9 PM

Wednesday, December 11th at 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

TBD

EECS 280 Setup Tutorials

C for C++ users by Ian Cooke

GDB Tutorial

GDB Reference Card

EECS 370 Youtube Channel

Binary, Hex, and 2's complement Review Sheet

Green LEGv8 Cheat Sheet

Symbol Table and Relocation Table for EECS 370

Arm Architecture Reference Manual

LC2K Simulator

Pipeline Simulator

Cache Simulator

Schedule

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