CS-341 Computer Organization

Section 9TA3 (2283) - Dr. Vickery

Fall 2001

Course Schedule

Class Number	Date
1	August 28	Course Introduction Read Chapter 1 [ Slides ]
2	August 31	Binary Numbers [ Assignment 1 ] Due Memorize the [ Units of Measure Chart ]. Read Chapter 2 [ Slides ]
3	September 4	Encoding Fixed Point and Floating Point Values [ Assignment 2 ] Due [ Slides ]
4	September 7	IEEE-754 Floating Point Encoding
5	September 11	Character Encoding Introduction to Digital Logic [ Assignment 3 ] Due Read Appendix A
6	September 14	No Class (Made up by extending Tuesdays.)
	September 18	No Class (Rosh Hashanah)
7	September 21	Functions, truth-tables-networks. Minimization. Read pages 501-508. [ Assignment 4 ] Due [ Assignment 4 Solutions ]
8	September 25	Building Blocks: Full Adders, Decoders, Multiplexers
9	September 28	Multiplexers and Tristate Gates [ Assignment 5 ] Due [ Assignment 5 Solutions ]
10	October 2
11	October 5	[ Assignment 6 ] Due [ Assignment 6 Solutions ]
	October 9	No Class (Monday Schedule)
12	October 12	* Exam 1 *
13	October 16	Latches
14	October 19	Flip-Flops
15	October 23	Flip-Flop Types and State Machines
16	October 26	State Machines, Counters, Registers [ Assignment 7 ] Due [ Assignment 7 Solutions ]
17	October 30	ALU Design
	October 31	Last Day to Drop
18	November 2	Condition Code Logic Carry Lookahead Logic
19	November 6	Serial Multiplier Design [ Assignment 8 ] Due
20	November 9	Multiplier Controller Design Exam Review [ Assignment 9 ] Due [ Assignment 9 Solution ]
21	November 13	* Exam 2 *
22	November 16	Processor-Memory Interactions
23	November 20	RISC and CISC Architectures Instruction Set Architectures
	November 23	No Class (Thanksgiving)
24	November 27	ARC Architecture and Programming
25	November 30	ARC Assembly Language Programming [ Assignment 10 ] Due
26	December 4	ARC Datapath
27	December 7	Microprogrammed Control of the ARC Datapath
28	December 11	Microprogramming the Fetch-Execute Cycle [ Assignment 11 ] Due
	December 20	* Final Exam * 1:45 to 3:45 in SB-141