Preliminary ECS154B Class Outline
Lecture Topic Chapter Date
1 Introduction & History Chapter 1 Mar 30
Disc No meeting Mar 31
2 Overview of machine design Chapter 1,2 Apr l
3 I-set/implementation interaction Chapter 1,2 Apr 6
Disc Using Quartus, how to maximize lab grade Apr 7
4 Performance Chapter 1,2 Apr 10
5 Performance Chapter 1,2 Apr 13
Disc No meeting Apr 14
6 MIPS Overview Chapter 2 Apr 15
7 Datapath, Control for single cycle MIPS Chapter 4 Apr 20
Disc No meeting Apr 21
8 Mapping Control to Hardware Appendix D Apr 22
9 Multiple Cycle MIPS Notes Apr 27
Disc Quiz Apr 28
10 Pipelining MIPS Chapter 4 Apr 29
11 Pipelining MIPS/Review Chapter 4 May 4
Disc MIDTERM May 5
12 Pipelining MIPS Chapter 4 May 6
13 Pipelining MIPS Chapter 4 May 11
Disc Quiz May 12
14 Exceptions, Advanced topics Chapter 4 May 13
15 Memory Heirarchy Chapter 5 May 18
Disc Quiz May 19
16 Memory Heirarchy Chapter 5 May 20
17 Memory Heirarchy Chapter 5 May 25
Disc Quiz May 26
18 Storage Chapter 6 May 27
19 Storage Chapter 6 Jun 1
Disc Quiz/Review Jun 2
20 Multiprocessors Chapter 7 Jun 3
Final: Thursday, June 10, 6:00 P.M.