All chapters refer to the course textbook.
| Date | Topic or Reading | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue | Jan 16 | Introduction, 6.1 | |
| Thu | Jan 18 | 6.2, 6.3 | |
| Thu (lab) | Jan 18 | PA 1, HW 1 | |
| Tue | Jan 23 | 6.4, 6.5, Pipelining Obstacles | |
| Thu | Jan 25 | 6.6, 6.8 | |
| Thu (lab) | Jan 25 | HW 1 | |
| Tue | Jan 30 | 6.9, Register Renaming | |
| Thu | Feb 1 | Register Renaming | |
| Thu (lab) | Feb 1 | PA 2, HW 2 | PA 1 |
| Tue | Feb 6 | Power4 System MicroArchitecture | |
| Thu | Feb 8 | 6.10-6.12, The Microarchitecture of the Pentium 4 Processor | |
| Thu (lab) | Feb 8 | HW 3 | HW 2 |
| Tue | Feb 13 | Review for Midterm 1 | |
| Thu | Feb 15 | Midterm 1 | |
| Thu (lab) | Feb 15 | HW 3 | |
| Tue | Feb 20 | 7.1, 7.2 | |
| Thu | Feb 22 | 7.3 | |
| Thu (lab) | Feb 22 | PA 3, HW 4 | PA 2 |
| Tue | Feb 27 | 7.3 | |
| Thu | Mar 1 | 7.4 | |
| Thu (lab) | Mar 1 | HW 5 | HW 4 |
| Tue | Mar 6 | 7.4 | |
| Thu | Mar 8 | 7.5 | |
| Thu (lab) | Mar 8 | HW 5 | |
| Tue | Mar 13 | Spring Break | |
| Thu | Mar 15 | Spring Break | |
| Thu (lab) | Mar 15 | Spring Break | |
| Tue | Mar 20 | 7.5 | |
| Thu | Mar 22 | 7.6-7.9 | |
| Thu (lab) | Mar 22 | PA 4, HW 6 | PA 3 |
| Tue | Mar 27 | Review for Midterm 2 | |
| Thu | Mar 29 | Midterm 2 | |
| Thu (lab) | Mar 29 | HW 7 | HW 6 |
| Tue | Apr 3 | 8.1, 8.2 | |
| Thu | Apr 5 | 8.3, 8.4 | |
| Thu (lab) | Apr 5 | HW 7 | |
| Tue | Apr 10 | 8.4, 8.5 | |
| Thu | Apr 12 | 8.5, 8.6 | |
| Thu (lab) | Apr 12 | PA 5, HW 8 | PA 4, |
| Tue | Apr 17 | 8.7-8.10 | |
| Thu | Apr 19 | 9.1-9.3 | |
| Thu (lab) | Apr 19 | HW 9 | HW 8 |
| Tue | Apr 24 | 9.4, 9.5 | |
| Thu | Apr 26 | 9.5, 9.6 | |
| Thu (lab) | Apr 26 | HW 10 | HW 9 |
| Tue | May 1 | 9.7-9.10 | |
| Thu | May 3 | Review for Final Exam | |
| Thu (lab) | May 3 | PA 5, HW 10 | |
| Tuesday | May 8 | Final exam, 10:00-11:55 | |