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| Week: Calender Dates | Topic | Reading Assignments - Due Date |
| 1: Mon Jan 7 - Fri Jan 11 | M: Course Overview
T: Lab 01:Python to C/C++ Programming W: A History of Computers F: Fixed Point Representation | M:
T: Python to C/C++ W: CAO Ch 1 F: CA0 Ch 2.1 |
| 2: Mon Jan 14 - Fri Jan 18 | M: Floating Point Representation
T: Lab 02: Parameter Passing in C W: Computer Arithmetic - Addition & Subtraction F: PDP-8 ISA | M: CAO Ch 2.2 & 2.4
T: W: CAO Ch 3.1 F: CAO Ch 4.1; PDP-8 Ch. 1 - 2 |
| 3: Mon Jan 21 - Fri Jan 25 | M: MLK Holiday - No Class
T: Lab 03: PDP-8 Machine Code W: PDP-8 ISA F: Computer Arithmetic - Multiplication & Division | M:
T: PDP-8 Ch. 3 W: PDP-8 Ch. 4 F: CAO- Ch 3.2 |
| 4: Mon Jan 28 - Fri Feb 1 | M: PDP-8 Assembler
T: Lab Cancelled - Faculty Retreat W: PDP-8 I/O & Subroutines F: catch-up | M: PDP-8 Ch. 4 - 5
T: PDP-8 Ch. 4 - 5 W: PDP-8 Ch. 6 - 7 F: |
| 5: Mon Feb 4 - Fri Feb 8 | M: Intro to Digital Logic - Combinatorial Circuits
T: Lab 04: Simple Circuits W: Sequential Circuits F: Test #1 | M: CAO Appendix A.1 - A. 10 but skip A.9
T: W: CAO Appendix A.11 F: |
| 6: Mon Feb 11 - Fri Feb 15 | M: Boolean Logic - HDL Coding
T: Lab 05: Building Components with HDL W: Boolean Arithmetic F: Boolean Arithmetic | M: ECS Preface, Introduction, Ch 1
T: ECS Ch 1 W: ESC Ch 2 F: ESC Ch 2 |
| 7: Mon Feb 18 - Fri Feb 22 | M: ECS: Sequential Logic
T: W: F: ECS: The HACK ISA | M: ESC Ch 3
T: W: ESC Ch 4 F: |
| 8: Mon Feb 25- Fri Mar 1 | M: HACK Assembly Language
T: Lab 07: HACK Assembly Language W: HACK ComputerArchitecture F: | M:
T: W: ESC: Ch 5 F: |
| -: Mon Mar 4 - Fri Mar 8 | M: Spring Break
T: W: F: | M:
T: W: F: |
| 9: Mon Mar 11 - Fri Mar 15 | M: Intro to ARC ISA
T: Lab 08: ARC Assembly Language W: F: ARC I/O; Addressing Modes Class Exercise | M: CAO Ch 4.2
T: W: CAO Ch 4.3 - 4.4 F: CAO Ch 4.5 - 4.6 |
| 10: Mon Mar 18 - Fri Mar 22 | M: ARC Subroutines & Parameter Passing
T: Lab 09: More ARC Assembly Language Programming W: Micro-Architecture F: Test #2 | M: CA0 Ch 4.7
T: W: CAO Ch 5.1 - 5.2 F: |
| 11: Mon Mar 25- Fri Mar 29 | M: Microprogramming
T: Lab 10: ARC Assembly Language I/O Programming W: The Hardwired ARC F: Good Friday - No Class | M: CAO Ch 5.2 - 5.2
T: W: CAO Ch 5.4 F: |
| 12: Mon Apr 1 - Fri Apr 5 | M: Compilation
T: Lab 11: Intro to Intel 80x86 Assembly Language Programming W: Assemblers, Linkers & Loaders F: MAA Meeting - No Class | M: CAO Ch. 6.1
T: Essential Intel 80x86 Ch 1,2 and 4 W: CAO Ch 6.2 - 6.3 F: |
| 13: Mon Apr 8 - Fri Apr 12 | M: From Quantitative Analysis of Execution to Pipelines
T: Lab 12: Intel 80x86 Branching W: Conditional Branching F: Memory | M: CAO Ch 6.5 - Ch 6.7
T: Essential Intel 80x86 Ch 5 W: CAO Ch 7.1 - 7.3 F: CAO Ch 7.1 - 7.3 |
| 14: Mon Apr 15 - Fri Apr 19/TD> | M: Cache Memory
T: Lab 13: Reading and Writing Hex and Decimal Integers W: Addressing Modes and Subroutines F: Parameter Passing | M: CAO Ch 7.4
T: Essential Intel 80x86 Ch 6 W: Essential Intel 80x86 Ch 7 F: Essential Intel 80x86 Ch 8 CAO Ch 6.6 |
| 15: Mon Apr 22 - Fri Apr 26 | M: Interruptps and Traps
T: Lab 14: Intel 80x86 Programming: Parameter Passing W: F: Test #3 | M:
T: W: F: |
| 16: Mon Apr 29 - Fri May 3 | M: Buses, I/O, Error Detection
T: Lab 15: Java ByteCode (A Register Architecture) W: Error Detection cont; Review F: | M: CAO Ch 8.1 - 8.3, Ch 9.3
T: Java Virtual Machine Engine User's Manual W: F: |
| Monday May 6
12:00 - 3:00 PM |
Final Exam | Review & Study |