Preliminary ECS154B Class Outline
Lecture Topic Chapter Date
1 Introduction & History Chapter 1 Jan 9
2 Technology Jan 11
Disc Overview of machine design Jan 13
3 Performance Chapter 1 Jan 13
Holiday Jan 16
4 Performance Chapter 1 Jan 18
Disc Performance Chapter 1 Jan 20
5 I-set/implementation interaction Chapter 2 Jan 20
6 Instruction Sets Chapter 2 Jan 23
7 Single Cycle MIPS Chapter 4 Jan 25
Disc Quiz Jan 27
8 Single Cycle MIPS Chapter 4, notes Jan 27
9 Single Cycle MIPS Notes Jan 30
10 Multicycle MIPS Notes Feb 1
Disc Quiz Feb 3
11 Multicycle MIPS, interrupts Appendix D Feb 3
12 Pipelining Chapter 4 Feb 6
13 Pipelining Chapter 4 Feb 8
Disc Pipelining Chapter 4 Feb 10
14 Pipelining Chapter 4 Feb 10
15 Pipelining MIPS Chapter 4 Feb 13
16 Pipelining MIPS Chapter 4 Feb 15
Disc Microcode Review, Pipelining Feb 17
17 Review Quizzes, prep for test Feb 17
Holiday Feb 20
18 Advanced pipelining, Review Chapter 5 Feb 22
Disc MIDTERM Feb 24
19 MIDTERM Feb 24
20 Memory Heirarchy Chapter 5 Feb 27
21 Memory Heirarchy Chapter 5 Feb 29
Disc Quiz Mar 2
22 Memory Heirarchcy Chapter 5 Mar 2
23 Storage Chapter 6 Mar 5
24 Storage Chapter 6 Mar 7
Disc Quiz Mar 9
25 Multiprocessors Chapter 7 Mar 9
26 Multiprocessors Chapter 7 Mar 12
27 Multiprocessors Chapter 7 Mar 14
Disc Quiz Mar 16
28 Multiprocessors Chapter 7 Mar 16
29 Review Mar 19
Final: Wednesday, March 21, 6:00 P.M.