Class Notes
CS270 Introduction to Computer Architecture II


Links will be provided for each week as the class progresses.


Week 1:

Aug. 27

Introduction

Aug. 29

Review of Basic Logic Design

Week 2:

Sept. 3

Labor Day

Sept. 5

Overview of Processor Design

Week 3:

Sept. 10

Simple Data Path

Sept. 12

Critical Path

Week 4:

Sept. 17

Data Path with Control

Sept. 19

Pipeline

Week 5:

Sept. 24

Pipeline Hazards

Sept. 26

Pipeline Datapath

Week 6:

Oct. 1

Pipeline Control

Oct. 3

Control Hazard

Week 7:

Oct. 8

Fall Break

Oct. 10

Branch Prediction

Week 8:

Oct. 15

Midterm Review

Oct. 17

Midterm I

Week 9:

Oct. 22

Exception Handling

Oct. 24

Multiple Issues

Week 10:

Oct. 29

Hurricane Sandy, No Class

Oct. 31

Cache and Memory

Week 11:

Nov. 5

Write Through and Write Back

Nov. 7

Associative Cache

Week 12:

Nov. 12

Multi-Level Cache

Nov. 14

Virtual Memory

Week 13:

Nov. 19

Control Logic I

Nov. 21

Happy Thanksgiving

Week 14:

Nov. 26

Midterm II

Nov. 28

Control Logic II

Week 15:

Dec. 3

Parallelism

Dec. 5

Distributed Memory and Shared Memory

Week 16:

Dec. 14

Final Exam


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