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