Lecture Schedule

                                                                                 (Subject to change)

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        Date                 Topic                                                         Lab
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    Aug 28 (M)               Syllabus, Number System (Appendix A)                         No lab
        30 (W)               Computer component and function (3.1,3.2)
    Sep  1 (F)               Registers
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         4 (M)               No class (Labor Day)                                         No lab
         6 (W)               Assembly Language Fundamentals         
         8 (F)    Homework 1                    
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        11 (M)                                                                            No lab
        13 (W)         
        15 (F)                                                                    
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        18 (M)    Quiz 1     * Monday Lab: EPS 254; Tuesday Lab: RH 111                   Lab 1                            
        20 (W)               Digital Logic (Appendix B)             
        22 (F)                  QM method, adder   
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        25 (M)                  flip-flops, counters                                      Lab 2
        27 (W)    Quiz 2     
        29 (F)               Review
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    Oct  2 (M)               Cache Memory (4): 4.1, 4.2, 4.3                              Lab 3     
         4 (W)              
         6 (F)               Internal memory (5): 5.1, 5.2
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         9 (M)                 mul/imul  ASCII -> Binary                                  Lab 4 
        11 (W)               External Memory (6): 6.1, 6.2, 6.4
        13 (F)    Exam 1:        
        ------    "Number system, Digital logic, Memory (Chap 4 and 5)"          
        16 (M)                 div/idiv  Binary -> ASCII                                  Lab 5                             
        18 (W)               I/O (7): 7.1 - 7.6  
        20 (F)         
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        23 (M)               Operating System (8): 8.1, 8.2, 8.3                          Lab 6
        25 (W)               
        27 (F)    
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        30 (M)               Computer Arithmetic (9): all sections                        Lab 7
    Nov  1 (W)                   
         3 (F)                          
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         6 (M)               Instruction sets (10)                                        No Lab
         8 (W)    Exam 2: (Chap 6-10)                    
        10 (F)               No Class (Veteran's Day)
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        13 (M)               Addressing (11.1)                                            Lab 8    
        15 (W)               Exam-2 Review
        17 (F)               Processor (12): 12.1 - 12.4                              
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        20 (M)               Control Unit (16): 16.1, 16.2, 16.3                          Lab 9                                                                                 Lab 9
        22 (W)               No class (Thanksgiving)
        24 (F)               No class (Thanksgiving)               
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        27 (M)               Macro                                                        Lab 10  
        29 (W)               RISC (13): 13.1 - 13.5       
    Dec  1 (F)               Control Unit (16)
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         4 (M)               Parallel Processing                              Course Evaluation                                                           Evaluation
         6 (W)               Review        
         8 (F)    Exam 3: Open book (Chapters 8-13, 16,and notes on parallel organization)                    
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