Lectures
CptS 260 - Intro to Computer Architecture
Washington State University
CptS 260 - Intro to Computer Architecture
Washington State University
| Week | Date | Topic | Book Chapter(s) | Assignments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon 08/25 | Introduction, Ch.1 Notes | Ch 1 | Info assigned |
| Wed 08/27 | Number Representation | Ch 3.1, 3.2 | Info due, NumberRep assigned | |
| Fri 08/29 | Integer arithmetic | |||
| 2 | Mon 09/01 | Labor Day Holiday - no class | NumberRep due | |
| Wed 09/03 | MIPS Intro | Ch 2.1-2.3 | ||
| Fri 09/05 | Memory ops & Decisions | Ch 2.6, 2.7, 2.9, A. 6 | Simple Instructions assigned | |
| 3 | Mon 09/08 | Memory ops & Decisions | ||
| Wed 09/10 | SPIM, if-then-else, while loop, for loop | |||
| Fri 09/12 | Procedures | Ch 2.7, Appendix A | Simple Instructions due | |
| 4 | Mon 09/15 | SPIM I/O, factorial revisited, in-class notes | ||
| Wed 09/17 | Mergesort - corrected | Prog Proj 1 assigned | ||
| Fri 09/19 | Mergesort - with merge, Quiz | |||
| 5 | Mon 09/22 | Floating Point | Ch 3.4-3.6, 3.8, 3.10 | |
| Wed 09/24 | Floating Point | Prog Proj 1 due | ||
| Fri 09/26 | Midterm 1 | Prog Proj 2 assigned | ||
| 6 | Mon 09/29 | Go over Midterm and Introduce Programming Project 2 | ||
| Wed 10/01 | Instruction formats | 2.9 and A.10, mainly | ||
| Fri 10/03 | Compilation, Assembly and Linking | Ch 2.10, A. 1-A.4 | ||
| 7 | Mon 10/06 | Digital systems | Appendix B (on the CDROM) | Prog Proj 2 due |
| Wed 10/08 | Digital systems | Basic Logic Design assigned | ||
| Fri 10/10 | Combinational Logic | |||
| 8 | Mon 10/13 | State machines; CPU implementation | ||
| Wed 10/15 | Pipelining | Ch 6.1, 6.6, 6.10-6.12 | ||
| Fri 10/17 | Pipelining | Basic Logic Design due | ||
| 9 | Mon 10/20 | Pipelining | ||
| Wed 10/22 | Caches | Ch 7.1-7.3 | ||
| Fri 10/24 | Associative Caches | |||
| 10 | Mon 10/27 | Associative Caches | ||
| Wed 10/29 | Midterm review | |||
| Fri 10/31 | Midterm 2 | |||
| 11 | Mon 11/03 | I/O: Polling and Interrupts | Ch 8.1, 8.5 | |
| Wed 11/05 | I/O Assignment Discussion | Prog Proj 3 assigned | ||
| Fri 11/07 | Programming w/interrupts - example, Fixed Mars, DMA | App. A, Ch 8.5 | ||
| 12 | Mon 11/10 | Virtual Memory | Ch 7.4-7.8 | |
| Wed 11/12 | Virtual Memory | |||
| Fri 11/14 | Project session with TA | |||
| 13 | Mon 11/17 | I/O Disks | Ch 8.1, 8.2, 8.10 | |
| Wed 11/19 | Disk Addressing and RAID | |||
| Fri 11/21 | Programming Project 4 | Prog Proj 4 assigned | ||
| Thanksgiving | Mon 11/24 | Thanksgiving Break | ||
| 14 | Mon 12/01 | Buses | Ch 8.4 | Prog Proj 3 due |
| Wed 12/03 | I/O Systems Issues | Ch 8.5, 8.6 | ||
| Fri 12/05 | Performance | Ch 4 | ||
| 15 | Mon 12/08 | simpleblt.s, Parallelism | Prog Proj 3 re-do assigned | |
| Wed 12/10 | contestblt.s, Parallelism | |||
| Fri 12/12 | Final discussion and comments on project 4 | Prog Proj 4 due | ||
| Finals week | Mon 12/15 | Monday, Dec 15, 3:10-5:10 | ||
| Fri 12/19 | Prog Proj 3 re-do due |