Course Schedule¶
*MP release and due dates are subject to change. These are approximate and will be updated as we get closer to each date.*
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Jan 25 MP1 Released |
Jan 26 Lec-1: Course Introduction [Slide] |
Jan 27 MP1 Lab Session [Slide] |
Jan 28 Lec-2: Instruction Set Architecture [Slide] |
Jan 29 |
| Feb 1 MP1 Due |
Feb 2 Lec-3: Performance, Energy, and Power Metric [Slide] MP2 Released |
Feb 3 | Feb 4 Lec-4: Basic Processor Architecture [Slide] MP2 Lab Session |
Feb 5 |
| Feb 8 |
Feb 9 Lec-5: Pipeline (Overview) [Slide] MP2 CP1 Due |
Feb 10 | Feb 11 Lec-6: Pipeline (Data and Control Hazard) [Slide] |
Feb 12 |
| Feb 15 |
Feb 16 Lec-7: Memory Hierarchy and Cache (Part 1) [Slide] MP3 Released MP2 CP2 Due |
Feb 17 | Feb 18 Lec-8: Memory Hierarchy and Cache (Part 2) [Slide] |
Feb 19 |
| Feb 22 | Feb 23 Lec-9: Virtual Memory and Address Translation [Slide] MP3 Design Due |
Feb 24 | Feb 25 Lec-10: Midterm I Review [Slide] |
Feb 26 |
| March 1 | March 2 Lec-11: Energy Efficient Computing |
March 3 | March 4 Midterm I |
March 5 |
| March 8 | March 9 Lec-12: Dynamic Scheduling 1 [Slide] MP3 CP1 Due |
March 10 | March 11 Lec-13: Dynamic Scheduling 2 [Slide] |
March 12 |
| March 15 | March 16 Lec-14: Multi-core & Multi-threading [Slide] MP4 Released MP3 CP2 Due |
March 17 | March 18 Lec-15: Memory Technologies [Slide] |
March 19 |
| March 22 | March 23 Lec-16: Prefetch [Slide] MP4 Design Due |
March 24 | March 25 Lec-17: I/O Subsystems [Slide] [Reading Material] |
March 26 |
| March 29 | March 30 Lec-18: Storage [Slide] MP4 CP1 Due |
March 31 | April 1 Lec-19: Midterm II Review [Slide] |
April 2 |
| April 5 | April 6 Lec-20: Energy Efficient Computing [Slide] |
April 7 | April 8 Midterm II |
April 9 |
| April 12 | April 13 Take a break :) |
April 14 MP4 CP2 Due | April 15 Lec-21: SIMD and GPU [Slide] |
April 16 |
| April 19 | April 20 Lec: Hardware Accelerators - Guest [Slide] |
April 21 | April 22 Lec-22: Impact of Technology [Slide] |
April 23 |
| April 26 | April 27 Lec-23: Advanced Topics in Architecture [Slide] |
April 28 MP4 CP3 Due | April 29 Lec-24: Final Review [Slide] |
April 30 |
| May 3 MP4 CP4 Due | May 4 Lec-25: MP4 Project Presentation I |
May 5 MP4 Project Presentation II |
May 6 Reading Day |
May 7 |
| May 10 | May 11 |
May 12 Final Exam @ 1:30 pm |
May 13 |
May 14 |