CS 3843 Computer Organization Daily Topics Fall 2010

Listed here are the topics covered in each class.

Entries marked with a * are tentative and subject to change


1. Week 1, Thursday, August 26, 2010
      Introduction
      Sections 2.1 - through 2.1.4

2. Week 2, Tuesday, August 31, 2010
      Section 2.1 - finished
      Section 2.2 - through 2.2.3

3. Week 2, Thursday, September 2, 2010
      Section 2.2 - completed

4. Week 3, Tuesday, September 7, 2010
      Section 2.3 - through 2.3.5

5. Week 3, Thursday, September 9, 2010
      Section 2.3 - finished

6. Week 4, Tuesday, September 14, 2010
      Section 2.4 - up to Single Precision Example 1

7. Week 4, Thursday, September 16, 2010
      Section 2.4 - into 8-bit example

8. Week 5, Tuesday, September 21, 2010
      Section 2.4 - completed

9. Week 5, Thursday, September 23, 2010
      Recitation 4

10. Week 6, Tuesday, September 28, 2010
      Assembly Language Introduction - completed
      Sections 3.1 - 3.3 - Up to sum example

11. Week 6, Thursday, September 30, 2010
      Sections 3.1 - 3.3 - completed
      Section 3.4 - through IA32 registers

12. Week 7, Tuesday, October 5, 2010
      Section 3.4 - through Example 3 driver

13. Week 7, Thursday, October 7, 2010
      Exam Review

14. Week 8, Tuesday, October 12, 2010
      Exam

15. Week 8, Thursday, October 14, 2010
      Section 3.4 - up to Example 5

16. Week 9, Tuesday, October 19, 2010
      Section 3.4 - up to push and pop

17. Week 9, Thursday, October 21, 2010
      Section 3.4 and 3.5 - completed
      Section 3.6 - up to condition code table

18. Week 10, Tuesday, October 26, 2010
      Section 3.6 - up to for loop example

19. Week 10, Thursday, October 28, 2010
      Section 3.6 - up to recursion

20. Week 11, Tuesday, November 2, 2010
      Section 3.6 - recursive trace done

21. Week 11, Thursday, November 4, 2010
      Section 3.6 - review for exam

22. Week 12, Tuesday, November 9, 2010
      Exam 2

23. Week 12, Thursday, November 11, 2010
      Section 4.1 - Y86 Architecture - up to Exceptions

24. Week 13, Tuesday, November 16, 2010
      Section 4.1 - completed
      Section 4.2 - up to propagation delay

25. Week 13, Thursday, November 18, 2010
      Section 4.2 - up to D Latch

26. Week 14, Tuesday, November 23, 2010
      Section 4.2 - finished
      Section 4.2 - through trace of add

27. Week 15, Tuesday, November 30, 2010
      Section 4.2 - completed
      Review - through dividing by powers of 2

28. Week 15, Thursday, December 2, 2010
      Review

Final Exam: Monday, December 13 at 10:30 AM