Week	Lecture Topic	Examples	Recommended Reading	Homework
1/12 - 1/16	Intro to Computer Architecture (PPT)   Overview, Fundamental System Organization, and Types of Processors and Systems (PPT)  Data Representation (PPT)		Chapter 1
1/21 - 1/23	Data Representation:   Integers, Text, and Pointers (PPT)		Sections 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3	Hwk #1 assigned Fri.
1/26 - 1/30	Data Representation:   Integers, Text, and Pointers (PPT), Arithmetic and Bitwise Operations (PPT) and Floating Point (PPT)		Sections 2.2, 2.3, and 2.4	Hwk #1 due Fri.
2/2 - 2/6	Data Representation:   Floating Point (PPT)		Sections 2.3 and 2.4
2/9 - 2/13	Intro to Linux, C, and Machine Language   Useful C links: C Programming Tutorial and C Programming online book	intro.c, read_input.c, arith.c	Class notes	Hwk #2 assigned Mon.
2/16 - 2/20	Finish intro to C, then Intro to Machine-Level Programming (PPT)	fact.c, fact_v2.c, prime.c, prime_v2.c, prime_v3.c, prime_v4.c, abs.c, ops.c	Class notes and Sections 3.1 - 3.5	Hwk #2 due Mon.
2/23 - 2/27	Intro to Machine-Level Programming (PPT) continued	template.s	Class notes and Sections 3.1 - 3.5	Hwk #3 assigned Wed.
3/2 - 3/6	Wed - review for exam   Fri - Exam #1			Hwk #3 due Wed. at start of class
3/9 - 3/13	Spring Break!
3/16 - 3/20	Machine-Level Control Flow (PPT)	minmax.s, if2.c, if2.s, sum1toN_while.c, sum1toN_for.c, sum1toN_while.s	Sections 3.4 - 3.6	Hwk #4 assigned Fri.
3/23 - 3/27	Stack Frame - Procedures and the C/C++ Calling Protocol (PPT)	abs.c, abs_asm.s, abs_asm_gcc.s, swap.c, swap.s	Sections 3.6, 3.7	Hwk #4 due Fri.
3/30 - 4/1	Stack Frame - Procedures and the C/C++ Calling Protocol (PPT) and Memory Org and Addressing of Data in Assembly (PPT)	abs.c, abs_asm.s, abs_asm_gcc.s, swap.c, swap.s, sum_even_odd.c, sum_even_odd.s, sum_even_odd.local.s, sum_even_odd.gcc.s	Sections 3.7, 3.8	Hwk #4 due Mon.  Hwk #5 assigned Mon.
4/6 - 4/10	Fri - Exam #2   (take-home exam; due Mon., at start of class midnight)	bubble_sort.c, bubble_sort.s, bubble_sort.gcc.s	Sections 3.7, 3.8	Hwk #5 due Wed.
4/13 - 4/17	Hardware Architecture: Review of Boolean Gates & Circuits, Intro to Y86 (PPT), and Sequential (SEQ) single-cycle architecture (PPT)	Diagram of SEQ Datapath (PPT)   SEQ datapath examples: rrmovl, mrmovl, call	Sections 4.1 - 4.3	Take-home Exam due Tues. and Hwk #6 to be assigned Fri.
4/20 - 4/24	Hardware Architecture: Sequential (SEQ) single-cycle architecture (PPT), Introduction to Pipelining (PPT)	Diagram of SEQ Datapath (PPT)   Diagram of PIPE Datapath (PPT)   High-level pipeline diagram   SEQ datapath examples: rrmovl, mrmovl, call	Sections 4.3 - 4.5	Hwk #6 assigned Mon.
4/27 - 5/1	Finish Pipelining and Hazards (PPT), then Virtual vs. Physical Memory (PPT), and Cache Memory Organization (PPT)		Sections 4.5, 9.4, 9.6, and 6.2-6.4	Hwk #7 assigned Mon.