CSSE 232
Computer Architecture I
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01 R 9/1 F 9/2 Course Overview Ch 1  
02 M 9/8 T 9/9 Intro to Term Project    
03 T 9/9 W 9/10 Intro to MIPS, SPIM 3.1-3,
A.9-10		 Teams, Proposed Meeting Times
04 R 9/11 F 9/12 Conditional Statements 3.5  
05 M 9/15 T 9/16 Procedures pp. 132-135  
06 T 9/16 W 9/17 Representing Instructions 3.4, 3.7  
07 R 9/18 F 9/19 Addressing Modes 3.8  
08 M 9/22 T 9/23 Exceptions 5.6, A.7  
09 T 9/23 W 9/24 RTL, Intro to Performance 5.7-10 (skim)  
10 R 9/25 F 9/26 Single cycle implementations 5.3 Assembly Language and Machine Language Specifications
11 M 9/29 T 9/30 Multicycle implementations    
12 T 9/30 W 10/1 Group meetings and project time    
13 R 10/2 F 10/3 Group meetings and project time    
14 M 10/6 T 10/7 Xilinx Installation   RTL Specification
15 T 10/7   Class cancelled    
  W 10/8 Addition, subtraction, and logical operations 4.1-4 RTL Specification

Exam 1:  Oct 9, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Section 1:  O-167
Section 2:  O-157
Section 3:  O-169
16 R 10/9   Addition, subtraction, and logical operations 4.1-4  
  F 10/10 Class cancelled    
17 M 10/13 T 10/14 Constructing an ALU 4.5 Datapath and Control Specification
18 T 10/14 W 10/15 Performance Ch 2  

Fall Break
19 M 10/20 T 10/21 Performance, Amdahl's Law    
20 T 10/21   Class Cancelled    Component Specification 

 
  W 10/22 Recursion, Stacks pp. 136-141, A.6
21 R 10/23 F 10/24 Microprogramming 5.5  
  F 10/24 F 10/24     Component Specification 
22 M 10/27 T 10/28 Group meetings and project time   Initial Xilinx Model
23 T 10/28 W 10/29 Group meetings and project time    
24 R 10/30 F 10/31 Xilinx Exercise    
  F 10/31 F 10/31     Initial Xilinx Model
25 M 11/3   Review, Optional Xilinx Exercise    
  T 11/4 Class Cancelled    

Exam 2:  Nov 4, 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Section 1:  O-167
Section 2:  O-157
Section 3:  O-169
26 T 11/4   Optional Xilinx Exercise  4.6-12 (skim)  
  W 11/5 Review, Optional Xilinx Exercise    
27 R 11/6   Recursion, Stacks pp. 136-141, A.6  
  F 11/7 Optional Xilinx Exercise  4.6-12 (skim)  
28 M 11/10 T 11/11 Optional Xilinx Exercise    
29 T 11/11 W 11/12 Group meetings and project time    
30 R 11/13 F 11/14 Group meetings and project time    
F     Project Presentations   Term Project
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