Preliminary ECS154B Class Outline

Lecture   Topic                                    Chapter      Date
1 Introduction, History & Technology Chapter 1 Jan 5 2 Technology Jan 7 Disc Overview of Processor Design/Performance Chapter 1 Jan 8 3 Performance Chapter 1 Jan 12 4 Digital Logic Review, Instruction Sets Notes Jan 14 Disc Quiz Jan 15 5 Instruction Sets, MIPS Overview Chapter 2 Jan 19 6 Example Machine Design Notes Jan 21 Disc Quiz Jan 22 7 Single/Multi Cycle MIPS Notes, Chap 4 Jan 26 8 Multicycle MIPS, Microcode Appendix D Jan 28 Disc Quiz Jan 29 9 Pipelining Chapter 4 Feb 2 10 Pipelining Chapter 4 Feb 4 Disc Quiz Feb 5 11 Exceptions Chapter 4 Feb 9 12 Return Quiz; Review Feb 11 Disc MIDTERM Feb 12 13 Advanced pipelining Chapter 4 Feb 16 14 Advanced topics Chapter 4 Feb 18 Disc Quiz Feb 19 15 Memory Heirarchy Chapter 5 Feb 23 16 Memory Heirarchy Chapter 5 Feb 25 Disc Quiz Feb 26 17 Memory Heirarchy Chapter 5 Mar 1 18 Multiprocessors Chapter 7 Mar 3 Disc Quiz Mar 4 19 Multiprocessors Chapter 7 Mar 8 20 Floating Point Chapter 3 Mar 10 Disc Quiz/Review Mar 11 Final: Saturday, March 19, 1:00 P.M.