| 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 Architecture | 2.1-2.17 | |
| 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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