Department of Computer Science
The University of Chicago
Last modified: Mon Jan 4 12:27:31 CST 1999
Optional reading selections are in parentheses.
| Date | Topic | Comp Arch | Comp Org | Anatomy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5-7 January | Introduction | - | (Chapter 1) | (Chapter 1) |
| 7-12 January | Boolean arithmetic, switching | - | Appendix B | - |
| 12-14 January | VLSI electronics | - | 1.4 | - |
| 14-19 January | Computer as a big circuit | (Appendix A) | 4.5 (Appendix C) | - |
| 21-28 January | Fundamental issues & criteria | Chapter 1 | (Chapters 1, 2) | - |
| 28 January - 4 February | Instruction set | Chapter 2 | (Chapter 3) | - |
| 4-18 February | Pipelining | Chapter 3 | (Chapter 6) | (pp. 158-174, 218-271) |
| 18-27 February | Memory hierarcy | Chapter 5 | (Chapter 7) | (pp. 72-73, 78-79) |
| 2-9 March | Multiprocessors | Chapter 8 | (Chapter 9) | - |
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