EECS 370

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