The calendar below provides information on the course's lecture (L), tutorial (T), and quiz (Q) sessions.
Calendar Legend
(A): Session taught by Professor Arvind
(J): Session taught by Dr. Joel Emer
| SES # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| L1 | History of Calculation and Computer Architecture (A) | Self-assessment test (A) |
| L2 | Influence of Technology and Software on Instruction Sets: Up to the Dawn of IBM 360 (A) | |
| L3 | Complex Instruction Set Evolution in the Sixties: Stack and GPR Architectures (A) | Self-assessment test due (A) |
| T1 | Self-assessment Test and ISA | |
| L4 | Microprogramming (A) | |
| T2 | MIPS ISA, Bus-based Implementation, and Microprogramming | |
| L5 | Simple Instruction Pipelining (A) | |
| L6 | Pipeline Hazards (A) | |
| T3 | Microprogramming, Pipelining, and Hazards | |
| L7 | Multilevel Memories - Technology (J) | |
| L8 | Cache (Memory) Performance Optimization (J) | |
| Q1 | ISAs, Microprogramming, Simple Pipelining and Hazards | |
| L9 | Virtual Memory Basics (J) | |
| T4 | Quiz 1, Caches, and Virtual Memory Basics | |
| L10 | Virtual Memory: Part Deux (A) | |
| L11 | Complex Pipelining (A) | |
| Q2 | Caches, Virtual Memory | |
| L12 | Out of Order Execution and Register Renaming (A) | |
| L13 | Branch Prediction and Speculative Execution (A) | |
| T5 | Quiz 2, Scoreboarding, Register Renaming, and Branch Prediction | |
| L14 | Advanced Superscalar Architectures (J) | |
| L15 | Microprocessor Evolution: 4004 to Pentium 4 (J) | |
| Q3 | Complex Pipelines | |
| L16 | Synchronization and Sequential Consistency (A) | |
| L17 | Cache Coherence (A) | |
| L18 | Cache Coherence (Implementation) (A) | |
| L19 | Snoopy Protocols (A) | |
| T6 | Sequential Consistency, Synchronization, Cache Coherence Protocols | |
| L20 | Relaxed Memory Models (A) | |
| Q4 | SMPs, CC, Synch, Memory Models | |
| L21 | VLIW/EPIC: Statically Scheduled ILP (J) | |
| L22 | Vector Computers (J) | |
| T7 | Quiz 4 and VLIW | |
| L23 | Multithreaded Processors (J) | |
| L24 | Reliable Architectures (J) | |
| T8 | Vector Computers, Multithreading and Reliable Architectures | |
| L25 | Virtual Machines (J) | |
| Q5 | VLIW/Vector/Threads |