Class Schedule
The Viewgraphs of the lectures and Homework Assignments are available on My Mason for students registered for this class.
| Lecture | Date | Topic | Due |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | August 26th | Introduction to Microprocessors, Number Systems, etc. | |
| 2 | September 2nd | Microcontroller: MSP 430 | |
| 3 | September 9th | Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) | Final Groups |
| 4 | September 16th | Microcontroller: MSP 430 (Part 2) | Project Proposal |
| 5 | September 23th | Computer System Performance and Metrics | (HW 1) |
| 6 | September 30th | Microarchitecture and Pipelining | HW1, HW 2 |
| 7 | October 7th | Progress Reports | HW 3, Progress Report 1 |
| October 14th | No Lecture (Monday Schedule) | ||
| 8 | October 21st | Midterm Exam | |
| 9 | October 28th | Memory Hierarchy, Cache Memory | |
| 10 | November 4th | Virtual Memory | HW 4 |
| 11 | November 11th | Progress Reports | Progress Report 2 |
| 12 | November 18th | Branch Prediction | HW 5 |
| 13 | November 25th | ILP: Beyond Pipelining | HW 6 |
| 14 | December 2nd | Limits of ILP | Project Report |
| December 5th | Project Presentations (4:30pm-9:00pm) | Presentation | |
| December 16th | Final Exam |
The schedule is subject to change!