Preliminary ECS154A Class Outline
Lecture Topic Chapter Date
1 Introduction & History Stallings Chs 1,2 Jan 5
Disc Digital Design (Boolean Logic) Design Book 2 Jan 7
2 Digital Design (Gates) Design Book 3 Jan 7
3 Digital Design (Combinational) Design Book 4 Jan 9
4 Digital Design (Combinational) Design Book 6 Jan 12
Disc Digital Design Tools Quartus Demo Jan 14
5 Digital Design (Combinational) Design Book 5 Jan 14
6 Digital Design (Combinational) Stallings, 110-116 Jan 16
HOLIDAY Jan 19
Disc Digital Design (Sequential) Design Book 7 Jan 21
7 Digital Design (Sequential) Design Book 7 Jan 21
8 Digital Design (Sequential) Design Book 7 Jan 23
9 Digital Design (Sequential) Design Book 8 Jan 26
Disc Digital Design (Sequential) Design Book 8 Jan 28
10 Digital Design (Sequential) Design Book 8 Jan 28
11 Digital Design (Sequential) Design Book 8 Jan 30
12 Digital Design (Sequential) Design Book 8 Feb 2
Disc Digital Design, Review Feb 4
13 Digital Design, Review Feb 4
14 MIDTERM Feb 6
15 Transition Lecture Feb 9
Disc RISC vs CISC, Pipelining Stallings Ch 3 Feb 11
16 Interrupts Stallings Ch 3 Feb 11
17 Midterm Review Stallings Ch 3 Feb 13
HOLIDAY Feb 16
18 Busses Stallings Ch 3 Feb 18
Disc Internal Memory Stallings Ch 5 Feb 18
19 Caches Stallings Ch 4 Feb 20
20 Caches Stallings Ch 4 Feb 23
Disc Caches Stallings Ch 4 Feb 25
21 Operating System Overview Stallings Ch 8 Feb 25
22 Memory Management Stallings Ch 8 Feb 27
23 Memory Management Stallings Ch 8 Mar 2
Disc Memory Management Stallings Ch 8 Mar 4
24 Memory Management Stallings Ch 8 Mar 4
25 Internal Memory Stallings Ch 7 Mar 6
26 Input/Outputory Stallings Ch 6 Mar 9
Disc External Memory Stallings Ch 6 Mar 11
27 External Memory Stallings Ch 6 Mar 11
28 Loose ends Mar 13
29 Review for Final Mar 16
Final: Tuesday, March 17, 3:30 P.M.