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1: Tue Mar 10 1

• Introduction & Course Overview
  • Read Ch 1 (esp. 1.1-1.3, 1.11)
  • Read A.2, A.3 (decoder/multiplexor) ; 2.4; 3.1-3.2
  • Practice A.11; 2.6
• HW1 review (due Tue Mar 17)
• Note: HWs are always due at class time.
• Intro to RISC-V assembly
  • RISC-V green sheet
  • Read 2.1-2.3
  • Practice 2.1-2.4; 2.7-2.8
• RISC-V R Types
  • Arithmetic operations
  • Logical operations
  • Read 2.6
  • Practice 2.17-18,20
• HW2 compiling c into assembly (due Tue Mar 17)

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2: Thu Mar 12 1

• RISC-V I-types, immediates, lw and sw
  • Read 2.10 (Important reading)
• HW3 assembling instructions (due Tue Mar 17)
• Practical1 Assembler I (due Thu Mar 19)

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3: Tue Mar 17 2

• RISC-V Branches and Jumps
  • Read 2.7
  • Practice 2.21-22; 2.24; 2.27-28
• HW4 loops (due Tue Mar 24)
• Pseudoinstructions
  • Read 2.12 "Assembler" section
• HW5 pseudoinstructions (due Tue Mar 24)
• Due: * HW1
• Due: * HW2
• Due: * HW3

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4: Thu Mar 19 2

• Addressing modes
  • Read 2.10 (Important reading)
  • Practice 2.12; 2.22
  • Immediate Translation Handout
• HW6 addressing modes (due Tue Mar 24)
• Practical2 Assembler II (due Thu Mar 26)
• Due: * Practical1

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5: Tue Mar 24 3

• Procedures
  • Read 2.8; (this is an important reading)
  • Practice 2.29-31; 2.33
• HW7 procedure calling (due Tue Mar 31)
• More procedures
  • Read 2.13
• HW8 procedures and loops (due Tue Mar 31)
• Due: * HW4
• Due: * HW5
• Due: * HW6

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6: Thu Mar 26 3

• Quiz 1
  • See Sample Quiz 1 and (Sample Quiz 1 Solution)
• Practical3 RISC-V Programming (due Thu Apr 02)
• Due: * Practical2

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7: Tue Mar 31 4

• Verilog Survival Guide Videos
  • If you want more, here are old videos (warning, uses Quartus): Video 1 Video 2
• HW9 write verilog code (due Tue Apr 07)
• Building Single-Cycle datapath (R-types)
  • Read 4.1-3
  • Practice 4.1-4
• HW10 write relprime (due Tue Apr 07)
• Due: * HW7
• Due: * HW8

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8: Thu Apr 02 4

• Quiz 2
  • See Sample Quiz 2 and (Sample Quiz 2 Solution)
• Practical4 Building and Testing Hardware (due Thu Apr 09)
• Due: * Practical3

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9: Tue Apr 07 5

• More Single-Cycle datapath (I-types and memory)
  • Read Single-cycle RTL
• CATME single-cycle team forming survey (due Thu Apr 09)
• Even more Single-Cycle datapath (Branch and Jumps)
• HW11 adding new single cycle instruction (due Tue Apr 21)
• Due: * HW9
• Due: * HW10

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10: Thu Apr 09 5

• Single-Cycle Control
  • Read 4.4
  • Practice 4.4-5
• HW12 single cycle control (due Tue Apr 21)
• Practical5 Single-Cycle Processor I (due Thu Apr 23)
• Due: * Practical4
• Due: * CATME single-cycle team forming survey

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Break

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11: Tue Apr 21 6

• Input/Output
  • Read 2.9
  • Practice 2.38
• Performance
  • Read 1.4-1.9
  • Practice Examples; 1.5–7; 2.39-40
• HW14 performance (due Tue Apr 28)
• Due: * HW11
• Due: * HW12

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12: Thu Apr 23 6

• Quiz 3
  • Study HW11
  • See Example Quiz 3 (Example Quiz 3 solution)
• Practical6 Single-Cycle Processor II (due Thu Apr 30)
• CATME single cycle team eval (due Thu Apr 30)
• Due: * Practical5

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13: Tue Apr 28 7

• Pipelined datapath and control
  • Read 4.6-4.7
  • Practice 4.19-20
• CATME pipeline team forming survey (due Thu Apr 30)
• Due: * HW14

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14: Thu Apr 30 7

• More Pipelined datapath and control
• Practical7 Pipelined Processor I (due Thu May 07)
• Due: * Practical6
• Due: * CATME single cycle team eval
• Due: * CATME pipeline team forming survey

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15: Tue May 05 8

• Data and control hazards
  • Read 4.8-4.9
  • Practice 4.22; 4.26
• More Pipeline Hazards
  • Read 4.8-4.9
• HW15 pipeline diagrams and efficiency (due Tue May 12)

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16: Thu May 07 8

• Quiz 4
  • Study HW11 and HW12
  • See Example Quiz 4 (Example Quiz 4 solution)
• Practical8 Pipelined Processor II (due Thu May 14)
• Due: * Practical7

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17: Tue May 12 9

• Adding Pipelined Instructions
• HW16 add inst to pipeline (due Tue May 19)
• Faster Branching with a Pipelined Processor
• Due: * HW15

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18: Thu May 14 9

• Adding more pipelined instructions
• Practical9 Pipelined Processor III (due Thu May 21)
• Due: * Practical8

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19: Tue May 19 10

• Pipelined Performance
• Other Architectures
  • x86 insts
  • x86 encoding
  • ARM insts
• Practical 10: Pipeline Design Presentation (The presentation happens during Finals Week.)
• CATME pipeline team eval (due Tue May 26)
• Due: * HW16

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20: Thu May 21 10

• Quiz 5
  • Study HW15 and HW16
  • See Example Quiz 5 (Example Quiz 5 solution)
• Wrap up (attendance required)
• Due: * Practical9

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