Preliminary ECS154A Class Outline
Lecture Topic Chapter Date
1 Introduction & History Stallings Chs 1,2 Sep 25
2 Digital Design (Gates) Design Book 2 Sep 28
3 Digital Design (Combinational) Design Book 3 Sep 30
Disc Digital Design Tools Quartus Demo Sep 30
4 Digital Design (Combinational) Design Book 4 Oct 2
5 Digital Design (Combinational) Design Book 6 Oct 5
6 Digital Design (Combinational) Design Book 5 Oct 7
Disc Digital Design Tools Stallings, 110-116 Oct 7
7 Digital Design (Sequential) Oct 9
8 Digital Design (Sequential) Design Book 7 Oct 12
9 Digital Design (Sequential) Design Book 7 Oct 14
Disc Digital Design (Sequential) Design Book 7 Oct 14
10 Digital Design (Sequential) Design Book 8 Oct 16
11 Digital Design (Sequential) Design Book 8 Oct 19
12 Digital Design (Sequential) Design Book 8 Oct 21
Disc Digital Design (Sequential) Design Book 8 Oct 21
13 Digital Design (Sequential) Design Book 8 Oct 23
14 Digital Design (Sequential) Design Book 8 Oct 26
15 Digital Design (Sequential) Design Book 8 Oct 28
Disc Review Oct 28
16 MIDTERM Oct 30
17 Transitional Nov 2
18 RISC vs CISC, Pipelining Nov 4
Disc Interrupts Stallings Ch 3 Nov 4
19 Busses Stallings Ch 3 Nov 6
20 Internal memory Stallings Ch 4 Nov 9
HOLIDAY Nov 11
Disc HOLIDAY Nov 11
21 Caches Stallings Ch 4 Nov 13
22 Caches Stallings Ch 4 Nov 16
Disc Operating System Overview Stallings Ch 8 Nov 18
23 Memory Management Stallings Ch 8 Nov 18
24 Memory Management Stallings Ch 8 Nov 20
25 Memory Management Stallings Ch 8 Nov 23
26 Memory Management Stallings Ch 6 Nov 25
Disc Review of midterm Nov 25
HOLIDAY Nov 27
27 External Memory Stallings Ch 6 Nov 30
28 External Memory Stallings Ch 6 Dec 2
Disc Input/Output Stallings Ch 7 Dec 2
29 Review for Final Dec 4
Final: Monday, December 7, 8:00 A.M.