CS325 Tentative Schedules for Spring 2008

This tentative schedule may be changed, please check back regularly.

Week	Date	Lecture topic	Homework	Homework Due	Readings
1	M, Jan 21	Martin Luther King Day - no class
	W, Jan 23	Syllabus, Introduction			Chapter 1
	F, Jan 25	IAS computer	Problems 2.4	January 30	Chapter 2.1
2	M, Jan 28	IAS computer			Chapter 2.1
	W, Jan 30	Computer history, performance and components	Problems 2.12, 2.13	February 4	Chapter 2.1
	F, Feb 1	Computer components and function			Chapter 3.1, 3.2
3	M, Feb 4	Interrupts			Chapter 3.2
	W, Feb 6	Interconnection			Chapter 3.3, 3.4
	F, Feb 8	Computer memory system			Chapter 4.1
4	M, Feb 11	Cache memory principles	Problem 4.22	February 13	Chapter 4.2
	W, Feb 13	Direct mapping			Chapter 4.3
	F, Feb 15	Associative mapping	Problem 4.8	February 18	Chapter 4.3
5	M, Feb 18	Associative mapping, review			Chapter 4.3
	W, Feb 20	Exam 1
	F, Feb 22	Term paper/project
6	M, Feb 25	Set associative mapping			Chapter 4.3
	W, Feb 27	No Class
	F, Feb 29	Semiconductor main memory			Chapter 5.1
7	M, Mar 3	Error correction	Problems 5.11, 5.13	March 17	Chapter 5.2
	W, Mar 5	Error correction and advanced DRAM			Chapter 5.2, 5.3
	F, Mar 7	No Class
8	M, Mar 10	Spring Break - no class
	W, Mar 12	Spring Break - no class
	F, Mar 14	Spring Break - no class
9	M, Mar 17	Magnetic disk			Chapter 6.1
	W, Mar 19	Term paper/project topic individual review sign-up for a 5-minutes meeting
	F, Mar 21	RAID			Chapter 6.2
10	M, Mar 24	Optical memory, Input/Output			Chapter 6.3, 7.1-7.3
	W, Mar 26	Interrupt-driven I/O, DMA			Chapter 7.4, 7.5
	F, Mar 28	No Class
11	M, Mar 31	Exam Review
	W, Apr 2	Exam 2
	F, Apr 4	ALU and integer representation			Chapter 9.1, 9.2
12	M, Apr 7	No Class
	W, Apr 9	Integer arithmetic	Problem 9.2	April 14	Chapter 9.3
	F, Apr 11	Integer arithmetic			Chapter 9.3
13	M, Apr 14	Floating-point representation			Chapter 9.4
	W, Apr 16	Instruction sets: characteristics and functions			Chapter 10
	F, Apr 18	Instruction sets: addressing modes and formats	Homework 7	April 21	Chapter 11
14	M, Apr 21	Processor organization and register organization	Problems 11.13	April 23	Chapter 12.1, 12.2
	W, Apr 23	Instruction pipelining (1)			Chapter 12.3, 12.4
	F, Apr 25	Instruction pipelining (2)			Chapter 12.4
15	M, Apr 28	Term paper/project presentation (10-12 minutes) Barnes and Kaddour Barth Braun and Cox Fowler Kessinger	Presentation schedule and grading criteria	Term paper/project
	W, Apr 30	Term paper/project presentation (10-12 minutes) Maier Meiners Phelps and Wood Quilligan Sandefur
	F, May 2	Term paper/project presentation (10-12 minutes) Thompson Yu Exam Review
	M, May 5	Exam, 8:00-10:00am