ECE/CS 552 Introduction to Computer Architecture

Tentative Course Outline

Fall 2009
Lecture Date  Text Topics  Notes and Assignment
1 9/2, 9/4 Introduction to the course, Review 1.1-1.8, notes  
2 9/7, 9/9, 9/11 Performance; 4.1-4.8  
3 9/14, 9/16, 9/18 MIPS Instruction Set Architecture2.1-2.17  
4 9/21, 9/23, 9/25 Datapath design 5.1-5.3  
5 9/28, 9/30, 10/2 Hardwired control 5.4, 5.5  
6 10/5, 10/7, 10/9 Pipelining 6.1-6.5  
7 10/12, 10/14, 10/16 Pipelining, Superscalar 6.6-6.10  
8 10/19, 10/21, 10/23 Pipelining, Superscalar 6.6-6.10  
  Monday, 10/26,7:15-8:45 PM Midterm Location: 1800 EH  
9 10/28, 10/30 Memory system 7.1-7.6  
10 11/2, 11/4, 11/6 Memory system 7.1-7.6  
11 11/9, 11/11, 11/13 Memory system 7.1-7.6  
12 11/16, 11/18, 11/20 Multiplication, division 3.4-3.5  
13 11/23 11/25 Floating point 3.6-3.9  
14 11/30, 12/2, 12/4 I/O 8.1-8.11  
15 12/7, 12/9, 12/11 I/O & Wrap-up 8.1-8.11  
16 12/14 I/O & Wrap-up    
  Monday, Dec. 21, 12:25 - 2:25 PM Final Examination Location: 1610 Engr. Hall  

Last Modified: June 24, 2009 by Yu Hen Hu

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