EECS 370

Welcome to EECS 370 Fall 2023!

Past midterms have been released! You can find them in the drive and through either the midterm card or the midterm review card.

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Office Hours

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.

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Lectures

Lecture

Office Hours

Mon 3 - 4:30 [Virtual]
Tu/Thu 1:30 -> 2:30 [Group, 2901 BBB]
Wed 2:30-4 [3828 BBB]

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Lecture

Office Hours

Sun 6:30 -> 7:45 [Virtual]
Mon 10 -> 12 [4632 BBB]

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Lecture

Office Hours

Tuesday 4:30 -> 5:30 (after class)
Thursday 4:30 -> 5:30 (after class)

Lecture

Office Hours

Wed 11 -> 12 [4757 BBB]

Labs

Drive

8:00 - 10:00 AM
9:30 - 11:30 AM
10:30 - 12:30 PM
11:30 - 1:30 PM
12:30 - 2:30 PM
1:30 - 3:30 PM
2:00 - 4:00 PM
3:30 - 5:30 PM
4:00 - 6:00 PM

2:30 - 4:30PM
3:30 - 5:30PM
4:30 - 6:30PM
5:30 - 7:30PM

Recorded Labs

Lab

Time & Location

YouTube Labs from Past Terms

Projects

Assembler, Simulator, and Assembly-Language Multiplication

Spec

Walkthrough

FAQ

Advanced Assembler and Linker

Spec

Walkthrough

FAQ

Homeworks

Drive

Exams

Thursday, October 12 6-8 pm

Practice Midterms

Practice Midterms Solutions

Practice Midterm Walkthroughs

Tuesday, December 12 10:30-12:30 pm

Review Sessions

Sunday, October 8th
5:30-7:30 PM in 1013 DOW

Review Session

Course Resources

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

Schedule

Day

Topic

Assignment Released

Assignment Deadline

Patterson & Hennessey ARM 5th Readings

Week 0: Aug 28

Mon Aug 28

Lab 1: Binary & C

Week 1: Aug 29 - Sept 4

Tue Aug 29	Lecture 1: Introduction		Sections 1.1 - 1.4, 1.7
Thu Aug 31	Lecture 2: ISA and Binary	P1 & HW1 Out	Sections 2.2 - 2.6, 3.2, 3.3
Fri Sept 1	Lab 1: Binary & C		Sections 2.4, 2.6, 3.2
Mon Sept 4	No class (Labor Day)

Week 2: Sept 5 - Sept 11

Tue Sept 5	Lecture 3: LC2K	Sections 2.2 - 2.5
Thu Sept 7	Lecture 4: ARM	Sections 2.2, 2.3, 2.5, 2.6
Fri Sept 8 Mon Sept 11	Lab 2: Project 1 - LC2K ISA	Sections 2.2 - 2.7, 2.13, 3.3

Week 3: Sept 12 - Sept 18

Tue Sept 12	Lecture 5: Converting C to Assembly			Sections 2.2, 2.3, 2.6, 2.7
Thu Sept 14	Lecture 6: Function Calls in Assembly	P2 Out	P1a Due	Sections 2.8, 2.13
Fri Sept 15 Mon Sept 18	Lab 3: ARM Assembly			Sections 2.2 - 2.7, 2.13, 3.3

Week 4: Sept 19 - Sept 25

Tue Sept 19	Lecture 7: Linking & Floating Point			Sections 2.12, 3.2, 3.3, 3.5
Thu Sept 21	Lecture 8: Combinational Logic Design		P1s & P1m Due	Sections A.1 - A.3, A.5, C.2
Fri Sept 22 Mon Sept 25	Lab 4: Project 2 - Functions & Linking	HW2 Out	HW1 Due Mon 9/25	Section 2.8, 2.12

Week 5: Sept 26 - Oct 2

Tue Sept 26	Lecture 9: Sequential Logic Design	Sections A.7 - A.9, A.11
Thu Sept 28	Lecture 10: FSM & Single-Cycle Processor Design	Sections A.10, C.3, 4.1 - 4.4
Fri Sept 29 Mon Oct 2	Lab 5: Digital Logic	Sections A.1 - A.3, A.5, A.7 - A.11, C.2, C.3

Week 6: Oct 3 - Oct 9

Tue Oct 3	Lecture 11: Multi-Cycle Processor Design			Sections 4.1 - 4.4
Thu Oct 5	Lecture 12: Pipelined Processors	P3 Out	P2a Due	Sections 4.5 - 4.6
Fri Oct 6 Mon Oct 9	Lab 6: Single & Multi-Cycle Datapaths		HW2 Due Mon 10/9	Sections 4.1 - 4.4

Week 7: Oct 10 - Oct 16

Tue Oct 10	Midterm Review
Thu Oct 12	Midterm Exam (6-8 PM; No Lecture)	HW3 Out
Fri Oct 13 Mon Oct 16	No Class (Fall Break)

Week 8: Oct 17 - Oct 23

Tue Oct 17	No Class (Fall Break)
Thu Oct 19	Lecture 13: Data Hazards	Sections 4.7
Fri Oct 20 Mon Oct 23	Lab 7: Project 3 Checkpoint - Basic Pipelining	Sections 4.5, 4.6

Week 9: Oct 24 - Oct 30

Tue Oct 24	Lecture 14: Data Hazards II		Sections 4.7
Thu Oct 26	Lecture 15: Control Hazards & Branch Prediction	P2l Due	Sections 4.8, 4.9
Fri Oct 27 Mon Oct 30	Lab 8: Project 3 - Pipelining with Hazards		Sections 4.7 - 4.9

Week 10: Oct 31 - Nov 6

Tue Oct 31	Lecture 16: Introduction to Caches			Sections 5.1 - 5.3
Thu Nov 2	Lecture 17: Cache Blocks, Write Policies	P4 Out	P3 Checkpoint Due	Sections 5.3
Fri Nov 3 Mon Nov 6	Lab 9: Datapath Performance	HW4 Out	HW3 Due Mon 11/6	Sections 1.6, 1.9

Week 11: Nov 7 - Nov 13

Tue Nov 7	Lecture 18: Direct-Mapped Caches		Sections 5.4, 5.8
Thu Nov 9	Lecture 19: Set-Associative Caches	P3 Due	Sections 5.4, 5.8
Fri Nov 10 Mon Nov 13	Lab 10: Project 4 - Caches		Sections 5.9, 5.12

Week 12: Nov 14 - Nov 20

Tue Nov 14	Lecture 20: Classifying Cache Misses	Sections 5.4, 5.5
Thu Nov 16	Lecture 21: Virtual Memory	Sections 5.7
Fri Nov 17	Lab 11: Cache-Aware Programming	Sections 5.4, 5.5
Mon Nov 20	No Labs

Week 13: Nov 21 - Nov 27

Tue Nov 21	Bonus Lecture: Special Topics
Thu Nov 23 Fri Nov 24	No Class (Thanksgiving)
Mon Nov 27	Lab 11: Cache-Aware Programming	Sections 5.4, 5.5

Week 14: Nov 28 - Dec 4

Tue Nov 28	Lecture 22: Multi-Level Page Tables		Sections 5.7
Thu Nov 30	Lecture 23: Speeding Up Virtual Memory	P4 due	Sections 5.7
Fri Dec 1 Mon Dec 4	Lab 12: Cache and Virtual Memory Performance	HW4 Due Mon 12/4	Sections 5.5, 5.7, 5.8