| Class | Date | Day | Topic | Reading | Asst | Lecturer |
| 1 | 01/13 | Tue | Overview | 1 | Both | |
| 2 | 01/15 | Thu | Measurement | 2.1--3 | H1 Out | TCM |
| 3 | 01/20 | Tue | Integer arithmetic | 4.1--7 | REB | |
| 4 | 01/22 | Thu | Floating Point | 4.8 | H1 Due, H2 Out | REB |
| 5 | 01/27 | Tue | Fast arithmetic | 4.9--12 | REB | |
| 6 | 01/29 | Thu | Memory Technology | 7.1 | H2 Due | TCM |
| 7 | 02/03 | Tue | Cache structure | 7.2 | L1 Out | REB |
| 8 | 02/05 | Thu | Cache performance | 7.3 | REB | |
| 9 | 02/10 | Tue | Virtual memory | 7.4, 7.6--9 | TCM | |
| 10 | 02/12 | Thu | I/O, Storage | 8.1--10 | L1 Due | TCM |
| 11 | 02/17 | Tue | Exam #1 | |||
| 12 | 02/19 | Thu | ISA basics | 3.1--5, A.1, A.10 | H3 Out | TCM |
| 13 | 02/24 | Tue | Procedures | 3.6, 3.9--10, A.6 | TCM | |
| 14 | 02/26 | Thu | Data structures | 3.7--8, 3.11 | H3 Due, L2 Out | REB |
| 15 | 03/03 | Tue | Code Optimization | Handouts | TCM | |
| 16 | 03/05 | Thu | Benchmarking | 2.4--9 | TCM | |
| 17 | 03/10 | Tue | Other ISAs | 3.12--15 | REB | |
| 18 | 03/12 | Thu | Pipelining basics | 6.1--3 | L2 Due | REB |
| 19 | 03/17 | Tue | Data hazards | 6.4--5 | REB | |
| 20 | 03/19 | Thu | Exam #2 | |||
| 03/24 | Tue | Spring Break | ||||
| 03/26 | Thu | Spring Break | ||||
| 21 | 03/31 | Tue | Control hazards & exceptions | 6.6--7 | L3 Out | TCM |
| 22 | 04/02 | Thu | Multicycle instructions | TCM | ||
| 23 | 04/07 | Tue | Superscalar | 6.8--6.12 | L3 Prologue | TCM |
| 24 | 04/09 | Thu | Instruction-level parallelism | TCM | ||
| 25 | 04/14 | Tue | Multimedia computing | Handouts | REB | |
| 26 | 04/16 | Thu | Network Technology | Handouts | L3 Due, H4 Out | REB |
| 27 | 04/21 | Tue | Internetworking | REB | ||
| 28 | 04/23 | Thu | Multiprocessors | 9.1--10 | TCM | |
| 29 | 04/28 | Tue | Multiprocessors (cont.) | H4 Due | TCM | |
| 30 | 04/30 | Thu | Multiprocessors (cont.) | TCM | ||
| 05/11 | Mon | Final Exam, 5:30--8:30pm | MM 103 & MM A14 |
Last Update: 2/27/98
Name: Randal E. Bryant
Email: Randy.Bryant@cs.cmu.edu