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