Lecture	Date	Topic	Reading	Homework	Programming Assignment
1	Monday, Sept. 25	Introduction: What is "computer organization"? The HW/SW interface; RISC Course logistics. pdf  ppt	P&H: 1.1 - 1.7 CD: 2.19: pages 1-4
2	Wednesday, Sept. 27	MIPS, Assembly language. pdf  ppt	P&H: 2.1 - 2.2
3	Friday, Sept. 29	Load/Store and control flow pdf  ppt Examples: First SPIM  Polynomial   User input	P&H: 2.3,2.6	HOMEWORK #1. Due Friday, Oct. 6, in discussion. Homework 1 Solutions
4	Monday, Oct. 2	Loads, logic, loops ppt pdf	P&H: 2.5, 2.6
5	Wednesday, Oct. 4	Loads, logic, loops (Cont'd.)	P&H: 2.5, 2.6
6	Friday, Oct. 6	SPIM Simulator (PC, Unix, Console)		Homework #1 due in discussion. Homework 1 Solutions
7	Monday, Oct. 9	MIPS instruction formats ppt pdf Procedure calls	P&H: 2.4, 2.7 CD: A.6		PROGRAM #1. Due Monday, Oct. 16.
8	Wednesday, Oct. 11	Procedures (cont'd.) ppt pdf	P&H: 2.7 CD: A.6
9	Friday, Oct. 13	Procedures (cont'd. from previous slides)	CD: A.6	HOMEWORK #2. Due Friday, Oct. 20, in discussion.
10	Monday, Oct. 16	More procedure examples Factorial   Fibonacci Logical operations, pdf   ppt Example: Logical ops	P&H: 2.5		Program #1 due.
11	Wednesday, Oct. 18	Exceptions, traps, and translating and running a program pdf   ppt Instruction representation and disassembly Lecture notes: pdf  ppt	P&H: 2.9, 2.10, 2.13 CD: A.7
12	Friday, Oct. 20	Lecture; QUIZ #1 Quiz #1 Answer Key		Homework #2 due in discussion. Homework 2 Solutions
13	Monday, Oct. 23	Jumps, Branches, and Immediates ppt   pdf	P&H: 2.9
14	Wednesday, Oct. 25	Number representation: signed and unsigned. Addition and subtraction ppt  pdf	P&H: 3.1-3.3
15	Friday, Oct. 27	REVIEW FOR MIDTERM
16	Monday, Oct. 30	MIDTERM Midterm Solutions
17	Wednesday, Nov. 1	Floating point and multiplication and division, ppt pdf Example: Floating point instructions	P&H: 3.4, 3.5, 3.6
18	Friday, Nov. 3	Continue Wednesday's topics		HOMEWORK #3. Due Friday, Nov. 10, in discussion.
19	Monday, Nov. 6	Gates, boolean Logic, and combinational Logic ppt pdf	CD: B.1, B.2, B.3
20	Wednesday, Nov. 8	Combinational circuits ppt pdf	CD: B.5
21	Friday, Nov. 10	Memory elements ppt pdf	CD: B.8, B.9	Homework #3 due in discussion.
22	Monday, Nov. 13	Memory Elements (Cont'd.) ppt pdf			PROGRAM #2. Due Tuesday, Nov. 21.
23	Wednesday, Nov. 15	Single cycle datapath and control ppt pdf Single-cycle diagram	P&H: 5.1-5.5 Optional: P&H 5.7-5.8
24	Friday, Nov. 17	Multicycle datapath and control; Multicycle diagram QUIZ #2 Quiz #2 Answer Key
25	Monday, Nov. 20	Pipelining: ppt pdf	P&H: 6.1-6.3	HOMEWORK #4. Due Friday, Dec. 1, in discussion.	Program #2 due (Tuesday, 8 pm).
26	Wednesday, Nov. 22	Pipelining (cont'd from previous slides.)
27	Friday, Nov. 24.	Thanksgiving holiday
28	Monday, Nov. 27	Pipelining hazards: ppt pdf Pipelining performance: example	P&H: 6.4-6.6
29	Wednesday, Nov. 29	Pipelining hazards (cont'd)
30	Friday, Dec. 1	Review session		Homework #4 due in discussion. Homework #4 solutions
Final Exam - Thursday, Dec. 7th, 10:15am in Deady 208. Solution Key