Syllabus

FALL 2017 (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)

LECTURE	DATE	TOPICS	PREPARATION	DUE	ASSIGNED
1	AUG 29	Course Introduction Classification of Computers and Instructions RISC vs. CISC	Course Introduction Chapter 1 Chapter 2
2	AUG 31	Addressing Modes The Simple RISC Computer (Introduction) SRC Assembly Language	Chapter 2		Homework 1
3	SEPT 5	SRC Abstract RTN Displacement-Based Addressing	Chapter 2 SRC Abstract RTN Displacement-Based Addressing
4	SEPT 7	1-Bus SRC Microarchitecture 1-Bus SRC Concrete RTN	Chapter 4 1-Bus SRC Block Diagrams	Homework 1	Homework 2
5	SEPT 12	1-Bus SRC Control FSM 2-Bus SRC Microarchitecture 3-Bus SRC Microarchitecture	Chapter 4 2-Bus SRC Block Diagrams 3-Bus SRC Block Diagrams
6	SEPT 14	SRC VHDL Implementation	1-Bus SRC VHDL	Homework 2	Homework 3
7	SEPT 19	SRC FPGA Implementation	1-BUS SRC Xilinx ISE 14.7 Tutorial
8	SEPT 21	Interrupts/Exceptions	Chapter 4	Homework 3
9	SEPT 26	Exam 1
10	SEPT 28	Introduction to Memory Memory Space Decoding Introduction to Schematic Capture	Chapter 7 EPROM Example SRAM Example		Homework 4
11	OCT 3	Schematic Capture
12	OCT 5	Asynchronous DRAM SRC DRAM Design Example		Homework 4	Homework 5
13	OCT 10	SDRAM DDR DRAM DDR2 DRAM DDR3 DRAM
14	OCT 12	Cache Virtual Memory	Chapter 7 SRC Cache Example Virtual Memory Concepts	Homework 5	Homework 6
	OCT 17	Fall Break
15	OCT 19	Memory-Mapped I/O Shared I/O Polling Interrupt-Driven I/O Direct Memory Access Multimaster SRC Bus	Chapter 8 SRC Stereo Card Bus Alternatives	Homework 6	Homework 7
16	OCT 24	PCI Bus
17	OCT 26	Serial vs. Parallel I/O Buses PCIe		Homework 7	Homework 8
18	OCT 31	Parity Hamming Codes ECC Memory
19	NOV 2	Disks Video DACs ADCs		Homework 8
20	NOV 7	USB 2.0/3.0 IEEE 1394 (Firewire)
21	NOV 9	Exam 2
22	NOV 14	Introduction to Pipelining	Chapter 5	Homework 9
23	NOV 16	Pipelining the SRC	Chapter 5
24	NOV 21	Microprogramming the SRC	Chapter 5	Homework 9	Homework 10
	NOV 23	Thanksgiving Break
25	NOV 28	VLIW Superscalar Transmeta Crusoe	Chapter 5 Transmeta Crusoe White Paper
26	NOV 30	Introduction to Multicore/Cache Coherency		Homework 10
27	DEC 5	Supercomputing
28	DEC 7	Exam 3