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Sept. 10 | Introduction and Overview; Bits and Numbers Review | P&H Ch. 1; Topic Notes: Introduction and Overview; Topic Notes: Bits and Numbers |
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Sept. 15 | Digital Logic Intro/Review | P&H App. C.1-C.3; Topic Notes: Digital Logic |
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Sept. 18 | Digital Logic and Basic TTL Circuits; Lab 1: TTL Circuit Introduction | - |
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Sept. 22 | More Advanced Combinational Circuits | - |
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Sept. 25 | Adders; Lab 2: Sequential Circuits | P&H App. C.5-C.6 |
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Sept. 29 | No Class: Mountain Day | |
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Oct. 2 | Sequential Circuits | P&H App. C.7-C.8; Topic Notes: Sequential Circuits |
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Oct. 6 | Counters; Memory; Lab 3: Memory with TTL | P&H App. C.9; Topic Notes: Memory |
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Oct. 9 | Building Larger Memory | - |
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Oct. 13 | No Class: Columbus Day Break | |
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Oct. 14 | Memory Parity and Error Correction; Digital Logic Review | - |
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Oct. 20 | C and Unix Overview; Exam 1 Out | Topic Notes: C and Unix Overview |
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Oct. 23 | More C and Unix; Lab 4: C and Unix Practice | |
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Oct. 27 | More C and Unix | |
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Oct. 30 | MIPS ISA Overview; Lab 5: Decoding MIPS Instructions | P&H Ch. 2.1-2.10; Topic Notes: MIPS ISA |
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Nov. 3 | MIPS Programming | Topic Notes: MIPS Programming |
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Nov. 6 | MIPS Single Cycle Implementation | P&H Ch. 4.1-4.6; Topic Notes: Data Paths and Control |
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Nov. 10 | More MIPS Implementation; Lab 6: MIPS Single Cycle Simulation; Term Project Handout | - |
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Nov. 13 | Pipelining | P&H Ch. 4.7-4.8; Topic Notes: Pipelines |
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Nov. 17 | Pipeline Implementation and Hazards | - |
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Nov. 20 | Pipelined Control | |
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Nov. 24 | Modern Architecture Theme: Parallelism | P&H Ch. 4.10; Topic Notes: Modern Architecture Theme: Parallelism |
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Nov. 27 | No Class: Happy Thanksgiving! | |
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Dec. 1 | Subroutines in Assembly; RISC vs. CISC | Topic Notes: ISAs |
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Dec. 4 | Other ISAs: x86, Sparc, m68k, etc.; x86 Programming | P&H Ch. 2.17 |
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Dec. 8 | Parallelism: Multicores and Multiprocessors; Exam 2 Out | P&H Ch. 7.1-7.3 |
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Dec. 11 | Course Evaluations; Multiprocessors and Clusters; Cache; Exam 2 Due | P&H Ch. 5; Topic Notes: Memory Hierarchy |
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Dec. 15 | Programming Parallel Computers | Topic Notes: Programming Parallel Computers |
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Dec. 18 | Final Project Presentations | - |
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Dec. 21 | Final Projects Due | - |
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