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Syllabus

Part 1




Date
Lecture Assign Readings


Week 1 Digital Logic
combinational
and sequential
logic
Problem Set 1 out
Slides Chap 1 parts 1-3
COD** App B.1 - B.3
UM*** Appendix A



Week 2
Digital Logic
Reduction
Karnaugh Maps
Multiplexors/Demultiplexors
Adders
Problem Set 1 Due
Problem Set 2 Out
Slides Chap 1 parts 4-5
COD app B.5
UM Appendix A.



Week 3 Digital Logic:
Latches and Flip-Flops
Clocks
Counters
Memory Elements
Problem Set 2 Due
Problem Set 3 Out
Slides Chap 1 parts 6-7
COD app B.4, B.5




Week 4 Digital Logic:
State Sequencers
Finite State machines
Timeing Methodologies
Problem Set 3 Due
Problem Set 4 Out
16 Feb: Project 1 Out
Slides Chap 1 parts 8-9
COD app B.6, B.7




Week 5 Performance,
Instruction Sets
MIPS instruction set
Problem Set 4 Due
Exam 1: Tues 20 February
COD chap 1 (skim)
COD chap 2
COD chap 3 (skim)


** COD: Computer Organization & Design, The Hardware/Software Interface, 3rd ed. , David A. Patterson and John L. Hennessy, Morgan Kaufmann.
*** UM: Hardware Simulator user manual



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Last updated on 17 Jan 2005 by John Barr