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1: Mon Dec 02 1

• Introduction
  • Read Ch 1 (esp. 1.1-1.3, 1.11)
• Course Overview
  • Read A.2, A.3 (decoder/multiplexor) ; 2.4; 3.1-3.2
  • Practice A.11; 2.6
• HW1 review (due Thu Dec 05)
• Note: HWs are always due at class time. There is one shared gradescope for all sections, so the due time on gradescope may not reflect the correct time for all sections.

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2: Tue Dec 03 1

• RISC-V green sheet
• Intro to RISC-V assembly
  • 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 Fri Dec 06)

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3: Thu Dec 05 1

• RISC-V I-types
  • Read 2.10 (Important reading)
• HW3 assembling instructions (due Mon Dec 09)
• Due: * HW1

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4: Fri Dec 06 1

• Practical1 Assembler I (due Thu Dec 12)
• Due: * HW2

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5: Mon Dec 09 2

• RISC-V Branches and Jumps
  • Read 2.7
  • Practice 2.21-22; 2.24; 2.27-28
• HW4 loops (due Thu Dec 12)
• Due: * HW3

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6: Tue Dec 10 2

• Pseudoinstructions
  • Read 2.12 "Assembler" section
• HW5 pseudoinstructions (due Fri Dec 13)

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7: Thu Dec 12 2

• Practical2 Assembler II (due Thu Dec 19)
• Due: * Practical1
• Due: * HW4

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8: Fri Dec 13 2

• Quiz 1
• Due: * HW5

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9: Mon Dec 16 3

• Addressing modes
  • Read 2.10 (Important reading)
  • Practice 2.12; 2.22
  • Immediate Translation Handout
• HW6 addressing modes (due Thu Dec 19)

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10: Tue Dec 17 3

• Procedures
  • Read 2.8; (this is an important reading)
  • Practice 2.29-31; 2.33
• HW7 procedure calling (due Fri Dec 20)

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11: Thu Dec 19 3

• More procedures
  • Read 2.13
• HW8 procedures and loops (due Mon Jan 06)
• Due: * Practical2
• Due: * HW6

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12: Fri Dec 20 3

• Practical3 RISC-V Programming (due Thu Jan 09)
• Due: * HW7

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Break

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13: Mon Jan 06 4

• Verilog survival guide 1
  • Video
• Verilog survival guide 2
  • Video
• HW9 write verilog code (due Thu Jan 09)
• Due: * HW8

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14: Tue Jan 07 4

• Building a datapath (R-types)
  • Read 4.1-3
  • Practice 4.1-4
• HW10 write relprime (due Tue Jan 14)

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15: Thu Jan 09 4

• Practical4 Building and Testing Hardware (due Thu Jan 16)
• Due: * Practical3
• Due: * HW9

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16: Fri Jan 10 4

• Quiz 2

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17: Mon Jan 13 5

• Building a datapath (I-types and memory)
• Single cycle datapath and control
  • Read Single-cycle RTL
• CATME singlecycle team forming survey (due Tue Jan 14)

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18: Tue Jan 14 5

• More Single-Cycle (Branches and Jumps)
• HW11 add single cycle instruction (due Tue Jan 21)
• Due: * HW10
• Due: * CATME singlecycle team forming survey

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19: Thu Jan 16 5

• Single-Cycle Control
  • Read 4.4
  • Practice 4.4-5
• HW12 single cycle control (due Thu Jan 23)
• Due: * Practical4

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20: Fri Jan 17 5

• Practical5 Single-Cycle Processor I (due Thu Jan 23)

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21: Mon Jan 20 6

• MLK Day

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22: Tue Jan 21 6

• I/O
  • Read 2.9
  • Practice 2.38
• Performance
  • Read 1.4-1.9
  • Practice Examples; 1.5–7; 2.39-40
• HW14 performance (due Fri Jan 24)
• Note that we skipped HW13 this quarter for MLK day. We'll make up that content later in the quarter.
• Due: * HW11

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23: Thu Jan 23 6

• Practical6 Single-Cycle Processor II (due Thu Jan 30)
• CATME single cycle team eval (due Mon Jan 27)
• Due: * HW12
• Due: * Practical5

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24: Fri Jan 24 6

• Quiz 3
  • Study HW14
  • See Example Exam B Problem 1 (Partial Exam B solution)
• Due: * HW14

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25: Mon Jan 27 7

• Pipelined datapath and control
  • Read 4.6-4.7
  • Practice 4.19-20
• CATME pipeline team forming survey (due Tue Jan 28)
• Due: * CATME single cycle team eval

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26: Tue Jan 28 7

• More Pipelined datapath and control
• Due: * CATME pipeline team forming survey

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27: Thu Jan 30 7

• Data and control hazards
  • Read 4.8-4.9
  • Practice 4.22; 4.26
• Due: * Practical6

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28: Fri Jan 31 7

• Practical7 Pipelined Processor I (due Thu Feb 06)

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29: Mon Feb 03 8

• More hazards
• HW15 pipeline diagrams and efficiency (due Fri Feb 07)

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30: Tue Feb 04 8

• Adding pipelined instructions

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31: Thu Feb 06 8

• Practical8 Pipelined Processor II (due Thu Feb 13)
• HW16 add inst to pipeline (due Fri Feb 14)
• Due: * Practical7

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32: Fri Feb 07 8

• Quiz 4
  • Study HW11 and HW12
• Due: * HW15

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33: Mon Feb 10 9

• Faster Branching with a Pipelined Processor

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34: Tue Feb 11 9

• Adding more pipelined instructions

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35: Thu Feb 13 9

• Pipelined Performance
• Due: * Practical8

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36: Fri Feb 14 9

• Practical9 Pipelined Processor III (due Thu Feb 20)
• Due: * HW16

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37: Mon Feb 17 10

• Other Architectures II
  • x86 insts
  • x86 encoding
  • ARM insts

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38: Tue Feb 18 10

• Practical 10: Pipeline Design Presentation (The presentation happens during Finals Week.)
• CATME pipeline team eval (due Fri Feb 21)

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39: Thu Feb 20 10

• Quiz 5
  • Study Example Exam B Problems 4 and 6 (Partial Exam B solution)
• Due: * Practical9

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40: Fri Feb 21 10

• Wrap up (attendance required)
• Due: * CATME pipeline team eval

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