Schedule
Here is the tentative schedule for the class.
| # | Monday | Wednesday | Friday |
| 1 |
Sep 01 Labor Day |
Sep 03 Binary, logic gates, logic levels 1.1-1.5,A.1-A.2,A.5-A.7 |
Sep 05 |
| 2 |
Sep 08 Transistors; Truth tables; Boolean expressions; Boolean algebra 1.6, 1.7,1.9, 2.1-2.3 |
Sep 10 K-maps; Xs and Zs; multiplexers and decoders; priority circuit; timing; hazards 2.4-2.10 |
Sep 12 Lab 1 Due |
| 3 |
Sep 15 HW 1 Due sequential circuits: SR latches; D latches, flip-flops, clocking 3.1-3.3.3 |
Sep 17 finite state machines (FSMs) 3.4 |
Sep 19 Lab 2 Due |
| 4 |
Sep 22 HW 2 Due dynamic discipline, metastability, parallelism 3.5.1-3.5.6,3.6, 3.7 |
Sep 24 System Verilog 1 4.1-4.4 |
Sep 26 Lab 3 Due |
| 5 |
Sep 29 HW 3 Due System Verilog 2 4.4-4.9 |
Oct 01 arithmetic: adders, subtractors, comparators, ALUs 5.1-5.2.8 |
Oct 03 Lab 4 Due |
| 6 |
Oct 06 HW 4 Due number systems: fixed & floating 5.3 |
Oct 08 sequential building blocks: counter, shift register, memory arrays: RAMs, ROMs, logic arrays: PLAs, FPGAs 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7 |
Oct 10 Lab 5 Due |
| 7 |
Oct 13 HW 5 Due Problems/Review |
Oct 15 Problems/Review |
Oct 17 Midterm Due |
| 8 |
Oct 20 Fall Break |
Oct 22 C-programming 1 c.1-c.6 |
Oct 24 |
| 9 |
Oct 27 C-programming 2 c.7-c.1 |
Oct 29 ARM instruction set and registers 6.1-6.3 |
Oct 31 |
| 10 |
Nov 03 Lab 6 Due branches & procedure calls; addressing modes 6.4-6.5 |
Nov 05 linking & launching applications 6.6-6.7.1 |
Nov 07 Lab 7 Due |
| 11 |
Nov 10 HW 7 Due single-cycle processor data path and control 7.1-7.3.4 |
Nov 12 single-cycle processor control 7.1-7.3.4 |
Nov 14 Lab 8 Due |
| 12 |
Nov 17 multi-cycle processor 7.4.1-7.4.4 |
Nov 19 HW 8 Due pipelining hazards and stalls 7.5.1-7.5.5 |
Nov 21 Lab 9 Due |
| 13 |
Nov 24 Lab 9 Review |
Nov 26 HW 9 Due advanced microarchitecture 7.7-7.8 |
Nov 28 Thanksgiving |
| 14 |
Dec 01 memory system, performance 8.1, 8.2 |
Dec 03 caches and virtual memory 8.3-8.44 |
Dec 05 Lab 10 Due |
| 15 |
Dec 08 memory-mapped, embedded and PC I/O 8.5-8.7 |
Dec 10 HW 10 Due Review/Final Distribution |
Dec 12 Last Day of Classes Lab 11 Due |
| 16 |
Dec 15 Finals Week Final Due (5 PM) |
Dec 17 Finals Week |
Dec 19 Finals Week |