| Week | Date | Topic | Reading | Discussion | Homework | Lab | Project |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 02-20 | Introduction (pdf) | P&H: 2.4 | No Discussion | HW1: On Autolab Due Tue., Mar 5, 23:59 |
No Lab | |
| 02-22 | Introduction to C I (pdf) | K&R Ch. 1-5 | |||||
| 2 | 02-27 | Introduction to C II (pdf) | K&R Ch. 6-7 | Discussion 1 | HW2 Due Thu., Mar 14, 23:59 |
Lab 1 | |
| 03-01 | Introduction to C III (pdf) | K&R Ch. 8, App. A & B | |||||
| 3 | 03-06 | RISC-V Intro (pdf) | P&H: 2.1 - 2.3 | Discussion 2 | Lab 2 | Project 1.1 Due Mar. 31, 23:59 |
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| 03-08 | RISC-V Decisions (pdf) | P&H: 2.6, 2.7, 2.9, 2.10 | |||||
| 4 | 03-13 | RISC-V Instruction Formats (pdf) | P&H: 2.5, 2.10 | Discussion 3 | HW3 Due Mon., Mar 25, 23:59 |
Lab 3 | |
| 03-15 | Compiler, Assembler, Linker, Loader (CALL) (pdf) | P&H: 2.12 | |||||
| 5 | 03-20 | Intro to Synchronous Digital Systems (SDS), Logic (pdf) | P&H: A.2, A.3 | Discussion 4 | Lab 4 | Project 1.2 Due April 14, 23:59 |
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| 03-22 | Functional Units, FSM (pdf) | P&H: A.3 - A.6 | |||||
| 6 | 03-27 | RISC-V Datapath (pdf) | P&H: 4.1, 4.3, 4.4 | Discussion 5 | HW4 Due Mon., April 1, 23:59 HW4 Solution |
Lab 5 | |
| 03-29 | RISC-V Single-Cycle Control (pdf) | P&H: 4.5 - 4.8 | |||||
| 7 | 04-03 | Mid-Term I | Discussion 6 (Review for Midterm I) |
No Lab | First Page Midterm I Midterm I Solution |
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| Qing Ming Festival | |||||||
| 8 | 04-10 | RISCV 5-Stage Pipeline/Hazards (pdf) | P&H: 4.5 - 4.9 | Discussion 7 | HW5 Due Mon., April 29, 23:59 |
Lab 6 | |
| 04-12 | Superscalar (pdf) | P&H: 4.10, 4.11 | |||||
| 9 | 04-17 | Memory Hierarchy, Fully Associative Caches (pdf) | P&H: 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 | Discussion 8 I II | Lab 7 | Project 2.1 Due April 29, 23:59 Project 1 Checkup |
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| 04-19 | Caches: Direct-mapped, Set-associative, Program Performance with Caches (pdf updated) | P&H: 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.8, 1.6 | |||||
| 10 | 04-24 | Multilevel Caches, Cache Questions (pdf) | P&H: 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.8, 1.6 | Discussion 9 updated | HW6 Solution Due Mon., May 6, 23:59 |
Lab 8 | Project 2.2 Due May 17, 23:59 |
| 04-26 | Performance, Floating Point (pdf) | P&H: 3.5, 3.9 | |||||
| 11 | Labor Day | No Discussion | No Lab | ||||
| Labor Day Holidays | |||||||
| 12 | 05-08 | Flynn Taxonomy, Data-Level Parallelism (pdf) | P&H: 1.7, 1.8, 4.10, 4.11, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.7 | Q&A Midterm II | HW7 Due Fri., May 24, 23:59 |
Lab 9 | Project 3 Due Wednesday, May 29, 23:59 First Page Midterm II Solution |
| 05-10 | Mid-Term II | ||||||
| 13 | 05-15 | Thread-Level Parallelism, OpenMP Intro (pdf) | P&H: 2.11, 4.10, 5.10, 6.5 | Discussion 10 zip | Lab 10 | ||
| 05-17 | Cache Coherence, OpenMP Sharing Issues (pdf) | P&H: 2.11, 4.10, 5.10, 6.5 | |||||
| 14 | 05-22 | Guest Lecture Prof. Shu Yin Cache Coherence II (pdf) |
Discussion 11 bash_main.c | HW8 Due Fri., June 9, 23:59 HW8 solution |
Lab 11 | Project 4 Due Fri., June 7, 23:59 |
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| 05-24 | OS Support, Base and Bounds, Interrupts, Virtual Memory Intro (pdf) | P&H 5.13, 5.15, 5.16 | |||||
| 15 | 05-29 | More Virtual Memory (pdf) | P&H 6.9, 4.9 | Discussion 12 | Lab 12 | ||
| 05-31 | I/O: DMA, Disks; Dependability: Parity, ECC (pdf) | P&H 5.2, 5.5, 5.11, A-64 to B-66 | |||||
| 16 | 06-05 | Summary (pdf) | P&H All ;) | Discussion: Q&A Final | Lab 13 | Project 3 & 4 Checkup | |
| Dragon Boat Festival | |||||||
| 18 | 06-19 | 09:00-11:00 Final | 教学中心 101 & 102 | First Page Final Final Solution |
| Instructor | |
 Sören Schwertfeger 师泽仁 < soerensch> OH: You are always welcome! Wed. 10:00-15:00; Room: 1D 201.A | |
TAs Please check the TA office hours on piazza. | |
 Yang Zhou < zhouyang> Head TA |
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 Anqi Pang < pangaq> |
 Yanjie Song < songyj> |
 Zhijie Yang < yangzhj> |
 Zilin Si < sizl> |
 Ruoyu Wang < wangry> |
 Ziyuan Hu < huzy> |
 Zheqi Shen < shenzhq> |
 Guanzhou Hu < hugzh1> |
Syllabus
Check the syllabus for the CA course on egate.
Textbook
- P&H
- Patterson, David A. and Hennessy, John L. Computer Organization and Design RISC-V edition. Morgan Kaufmann.
References
- K&R
- Kernighan, Brian W. and Ritchie, Dennis M. The C Programming Language (2rd ed.). Prentice Hall.
Requirements
- Reading
- Read the chapters before class. I will not read the textbook to you during class. Rather, I will help you better understand certain materials in the textbook.
- Class participation
- Participate actively in the discussions both in class and on the forum.
- Communication
- Read your email and the forum at least once in any 12 hour period (including weekends and holidays), as I may post important announcements.
Grading
- Projects: 33%
- Homework: 17%
- Lab: 5%
- Exams: 40%
- Participation: 5%