CS552 Course Wiki: Spring 2017 : Course calendar and lecture notes browse

Date	Topic	Reading	Homework assigned
17-Jan	Introduction	Ch 1	HW0
19-Jan	Performance + Benchmarks and Amdhal Law	Ch 2.1 - 2.15	HW1
24-Jan	MIPS ISA	Skim Ch 2.17 and 2.18
26-Jan	Verilog Tutorial (slides above)	See slides and cheat sheet
31-Jan	Arithmetic & Logic	See slides and cheat sheet
2-Feb	Processor (datapath)	Ch 3 and Appendix B.1-B.6	HW2
7-Feb	Processor (control path)	Ch 3 and Appendix B.1-B.6
9-Feb	Processor (pipelining)	Ch 4.1 - 4.10
14-Feb	Processor (pipelining)	Ch 4.1 - 4.10	HW3
16-Feb	Processor (pipeline hazards)	Ch 4.1 - 4.10
21-Feb	Processor (pipeline hazards)	Ch 4.1 - 4.10
23-Feb	Processor (Superscalar)	Skim 4.11 and 4.12
28-Feb	Processor (MIPS R10000)	Ch 1.6 - 1.10	HW4
2-Mar	Mid term review
7-Mar	Mid term 1
9-Mar	Cache concepts
14-Mar	Cache design	Ch 5.1-5.2
16-Mar	Cache design	Ch 5.3
21-Mar	Spring break
23-Mar	Spring break
28-Mar	Cache Performance	Ch 5.9
30-Mar	Virtual memory	CH 5.4-5.8	HW5
4-Apr	Virtual memory	CH 5.4-5.8
6-Apr	Virtual memory	review ch 5.8
11-Apr	No class	Ch 5.11
13-Apr	Main memory and ECC	See ECC handout	HW6
18-Apr	IO	Ch 6.1-6.3
20-Apr	Parallel processors/shared memory	Ch 6.4-6.5
25-Apr	Advanced Arithmetic	Ch 6.6
27-Apr	GPU (1)	no reading
2-May	GPU (2)	no reading
4-May	Final review
7-May	Final exam
10-May	Final Report