CS 3853 Computer Architecture Daily Topics for Fall 2013

Listed here are the topics covered in each class.

Entries marked with a * are tentative and subject to change.
1. Week 1, Thursday, August 29, 2013
Introduction
Chapter 1 - up to Section 1.4

2. Week 2, Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Chapter 1 - up to Section 1.8 (Time)

3. Week 2, Thursday, September 5, 2013
Chapter 1 - finished

4. Week 3, Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Appendix C, Section 1 - up to pipeline registers

5. Week 3, Thursday, September 12, 2013
Appendix C.1 - finished
Appendix C.2 - up to Forwarding

6. Week 4, Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Appendix C.2 - into branch prediction

7. Week 4, Thursday, September 19, 2013
Appendix C.2 - finished
Appendix C.3 - Figure C.21 through ID

8. Week 5, Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Appendix C.3 - Figure C.21, finished, Figure C.22 discussed

9. Week 5, Thursday, September 26, 2013
Appendix C.3 - Figure C.22, finished, Started branches timing diagram

10. Week 6, Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Appendix C.3 - finished
Appendix C.4 - finished

11. Week 6, Thursday, October 3, 2013
Midterm Exam 1

12. Week 7, Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Appendix B.1 - through direct mapped cache

13. Week 7, Thursday, October 10, 2013
Appendix B.1 - through block replacement

14. Week 8, Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Appendix B.1 - finished
Appendix B.2 - into Example 1

15. Week 8, Thursday, October 17, 2013
Appendix B.2 - finished
Appendix B.3 - finished
Appendix B.4 - start next time

16. Week 9, Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Appendix B.4 - into Figure B.17

17. Week 9, Thursday, October 24, 2013
Appendix B.4 - finished
Appendix B.5 - into Figure B.27

18. Week 10, Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Appendix B.5 - finished
Chapter 3, Section 1 - up to name dependence comments

19. Week 10, Thursday, October 31, 2013
Chapter 3, Section 1 - finished
Chapter 3, Section 2 - finished
Chapter 3, Section 3 - will start this next time

20. Week 11, Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Chapter 3, Section 3 - finished
Chapter 3, Section 4 - up to Tomasulo's Approach

21. Week 11, Thursday, November 7, 2013
Midterm Exam 2

22. Week 12, Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Chapter 3, Section 4 - through the activity

23. Week 12, Thursday, November 14, 2013
Chapter 3, Section 4 - through Example question 7

24. Week 13, Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Chapter 3, Section 5 - partly through loop example (skipped Tomasulo Algorithm Details)

25. Week 13, Thursday, November 21, 2013
Midterm Exam 3

26. Week 14, Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Chapter 3, Section 5 - finished
Chapter 3, Section 4 - up to reorder buffer details

27. Week 15, Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Chapter 3, Section 4 - finished

28. Week 15, Thursday, December 5, 2013

Final Exam: Tuesday, Dec. 17 at 9:45 am