CSE 141 (Spring 2007) - Course Schedule

WARNING! This schedule is TENTATIVE. 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).

Please 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
Tu 4/3/07 Introduction Chapter 1 (and review Chapter 2 and 3) lec1 Welcome to CSE 141!
Th 4/5/07 Intro / MIPS Chaper 2: Sections 2.1 - 2.6, 2.9 lec2a
lec2b 		 
Tu 4/10/07 Performance Chapter 4: first half lec3a
lec3b 		Homework 1 Posted
Th 4/12/07 Performance, part II Chapter 4: second half lec4a
lec4b 		 
Tu 4/17/07 Performance, cont   lec4c Homework 1 due!
Th 4/19/07 Single-cycle Processor Chapter 5: Sections 5.1 - 5.4 lec5
 Quiz 1
Tu 4/24/07 Single-cycle Processor - Control Logic   lec5b HW #2 due.
Th 4/26/07 Multicycle Processor Chapter 5: Section 5.5 lec6 Quiz 2 Advisory
Tu 5/1/07 Multicycle / Microprogramming Chapter 5: Section 5.7    
Th 5/3/07 Exceptions Chapter 5: Section 5.6   HW #3 due.
Tu 5/8/07 Midterm Exam
Th 5/10/07 Pipelining Chapter 6: Sections 6.1 - 6.4 lec7
lec8a 		 
Tu 5/15/07 Data Hazards Chapter 6: Sections 6.4 - 6.5   Quiz 3
Th 5/17/07 Branch Hazards Chapter 6: Section 6.6 lec8b HW #4 due.
Tu 5/22/07 Branch Prediction   lec9a Quiz 4 moved to Thursday.
Th 5/24/07 Caches Chapter 7: Sections 7.1 - 7.2   HW #5 due. Quiz 4.
Tu 5/29/07 Caches Chapter 7: Sections 7.3   Quiz 5 (Branch Prediction).
Thu 5/31/07 Virtual Memory Chapter 7: Section 7.4 lec11  
Tu 6/5/07 Modern CPUs Chapter 9: Section 9.3, 9.4, 9.6, 9.7 (CD)   HW #6 due.
Th 6/7/07 Final Exam Review Session      
Th 6/14/07 Final Exam - 11:30a-2:30p

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