Preliminary ECS154B Class Outline
Lecture Topic Chapter Date
1 Introduction & History Chapter 1 Apr 3
2 History/Technology Chapter 1 Apr 5
Disc Using Quartus, how to maximize lab grade Apr 6
3 Technology/performance Chapter 1 Apr 10
4 Performance Chapter 1 Apr 12
Disc Quiz Apr 13
5 Digital Review, Instruction Sets Notes Apr 17
6 Generic Processor Design Notes Apr 19
Disc Quiz Apr 20
7 MIPS Overview Chapter 2 Apr 24
8 Datapath, Control for single cycle MIPS Chapter 4 Apr 26
Disc Quiz Apr 27
9 Mapping Control to Hardware Appendix D May 1
10 Multiple Cycle MIPS Notes May 3
Disc Quiz May 4
11 Pipelining MIPS Chapter 4 May 8
12 Pipelining MIPS/Review Chapter 4 May 10
Disc MIDTERM May 11
13 Pipelining MIPS Chapter 4 May 15
14 Exceptions, Advanced topics Chapter 4 May 17
Disc Quiz May 18
15 Memory Heirarchy Chapter 5 May 22
16 Memory Heirarchy Chapter 5 May 24
Disc Quiz May 25
17 Memory Heirarchy Chapter 5 May 29
18 Storage Chapter 6 May 31
Disc Quiz Jun 1
19 Storage Chapter 6 Jun 5
20 Multiprocessors Chapter 7 Jun 7
Disc Quiz/Review Jun 8
Final: Wednesday, June 13, 6:00 P.M.