Lectures
CptS 260 - Intro to Computer Architecture
Washington State University
CptS 260 - Intro to Computer Architecture
Washington State University
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| Week | Date | Topic | Book Chapter(s) | Assignments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon 08/20 | Introduction, Ch.1 Notes | Ch 1 | |
| Wed 08/22 | Digital Logic - combinatorial | Ch 2 | ||
| Fri 08/24 | Digital Logic - sequential | A1 assigned | ||
| 2 | Mon 08/27 | Data - integers, Ch. 3 Notes | Comer Ch. 3 | |
| Wed 08/29 | A1 Solutions, More about numbers | Britton Ch. 3 | A1 due | |
| Fri 08/31 | Processors - intro | Comer Ch. 4 | A2 assigned | |
| 3 | Mon 09/03 | Labor Day Holiday - no class | ||
| Wed 09/05 | MIPS Processor | Britton Ch. 1 | A2 due | |
| Fri 09/07 | Assembler coding | Britton Ch. 2 | ||
| 4 | Mon 09/10 | Instruction Sets | Comer Ch. 5 and Ch. 8 | A3 assigned |
| Wed 09/12 | Operand Addressing | Ch 6 and Ch 8 | ||
| Fri 09/14 | Processor Modes, Protection | Ch 7 | ||
| 5 | Mon 09/17 | Midterm Review, A2 Solutions | A3 due | |
| Wed 09/19 | Midterm 1 | |||
| Fri 09/21 | Function calling and stack manipulation | Britton 6 & 7 | ||
| 6 | Mon 09/24 | Exam return, Assignment 3 return | A4 assigned | |
| Wed 09/26 | Memory & Storage | Ch 9 | ||
| Fri 09/28 | Physical Memory | Ch 10 | ||
| 7 | Mon 10/01 | Virtual Memory | Ch 11 | |
| Wed 10/03 | Caches and Caching, A3 Solution | Ch 12 | ||
| Fri 10/05 | Caches and Caching, I/O | Ch 13 | A4 due | |
| 8 | Mon 10/08 | Buses | Ch 14 | |
| Wed 10/10 | USB Bus | Only Ch 4 and Ch 9 of the USB spec | ||
| Fri 10/12 | Modern processors and systems | |||
| 9 | Mon 10/15 | Interrupts I | Ch 15 & Ch 16 | |
| Wed 10/17 | Interrupts II | |||
| Fri 10/19 | I/O Programming wrap-up | |||
| 10 | Mon 10/22 | Review for midterm 2 | ||
| Wed 10/24 | Midterm 2 | |||
| Fri 10/26 | Higher-level IO issues | Ch 16 | ||
| 11 | Mon 10/29 | Forth | ||
| Wed 10/31 | x86 coding | |||
| Fri 11/02 | x86 coding | |||
| 12 | Mon 11/05 | x86 coding | ||
| Wed 11/07 | x86 coding | |||
| Fri 11/09 | x86 coding | |||
| 13 | Mon 11/12 | Veterans Day/Admission Day - no class | ||
| Wed 11/14 | Review class work on forth | Forth touch-ups assigned, Forth part 2 assigned | ||
| Thu 11/15 | Forth touch-ups due | |||
| Fri 11/16 | Revised class work on forth, Parallelism | Ch 17 | ||
| Thanksgiving | Mon 11/19 | Thanksgiving Break | ||
| 14 | Mon 11/26 | Pipelining | Ch 18 | |
| Tue 11/27 | Forth part 2 due | |||
| Wed 11/28 | Pipelining, Forth round 3, updated mipsasm | Forth part 2 cleanup assigned | ||
| Thu 11/29 | Forth part 2 cleanup due | |||
| Fri 11/30 | Performance Evaluation, Ch 19 notes | Ch 19 | ||
| 15 | Mon 12/03 | Networking and its relationship to architecture | ||
| Wed 12/05 | The IBM Cell Processor | |||
| Fri 12/07 | Final Review | |||
| Finals week | Mon 12/10 | 10:00 Group 1, 10:30 Group 2 | ||
| Wed 12/12 | 12:00 Group 6, 2:30 Group 4 | |||
| Thu 12/13 | Thurs, Dec 13, Final Exam 3:10-5:10PM - regular room, 10:00 Group 3, 11:00 Group 5 |