CSE 141 (Fall 2008) - Course Schedule
WARNING! This schedule is TENTATIVE; anything more than a week into the future is likely to change. Please check regularly (and refresh your browser) for updates.
Lecture slides will be made available on the class website. They will only available to those people on the UCSD network (or accessing it via proxy).
do the reading for a given day before class to make things more interactive. It will help count towards your participation grade.| Date | Topic | Reading | Slides | Note | |
| Th 9/25/08 | Introduction | Chapter 1 (and review Chapter 2 and 3) | L1 | Welcome to CSE 141! | |
| Tu 9/30/08 | Intro / MIPS | Chaper 2: Sections 2.1 - 2.6, 2.9 | L2 | ||
| Th 10/2/08 | Performance | Chapter 4: first half | |||
| Tu 10/7/08 | Performance | Chapter 4: first half | L3 | HW #1 | |
| Th 10/9/08 | Performance, part II | Chapter 4: second half | L4 | ||
| Tu 10/14/08 | Single-cycle Processor | Chapter 5: Sections 5.1 - 5.4 | L5 | HW #2 Due | |
| Wed 10/15/08 | Project 1 Part A Due | ||||
| Th 10/16/08 | Single-cycle Processor - Control Logic | ||||
| Tu 10/21/08 | Multicycle Processor | Chapter 5: Section 5.5 | L6 | ||
| Th 10/23/08 | Multicycle / Microprogramming, Exceptions | Chapter 5: Section 5.7, Chapter 5: Section 5.6 | |||
| Mon 10/27/08 | Project 1 Part B Due | ||||
| Tu 10/28/08 | Pipelining | Chapter 6: Sections 6.1 - 6.4 | L7 | Th 10/30/08 | Data Hazards and Branch Hazards | Chapter 6: Sections 6.4 - 6.5 | L8- |
| Tu 11/4/08 | Project Presentations | ||||
| Th 11/6/08 | Branch Hazards & Branch Prediction | Chapter 6: Section 6.6 | |||
| Tu 11/11/08 | Caches | Chapter 7: Sections 7.1 - 7.2 | |||
| Tu 11/18/08 | Caches | Chapter 7: Sections 7.1 - 7.2 | |||
| Th 11/20/08 | Caches | Chapter 7: Sections 7.3 | L10 | ||
| Tu 11/25/08 | Midterm | ||||
| Tu 12/2/08 | Virtual Memory | Chapter 7: Section 7.4 | L11 | ||
| Th 12/4/08 | Wrap-Up |