| Wk | Lect. | Date | Lecture | Slides | Due | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 9/25 | M | Intro/Overview | ppt pdf | DQ
course info Assign Logic |
|
| 2 | 9/27 | W | gates/logic/FSMs | ppt pdf | Basics of Logic Design | ||
| 2 | 3 | 10/2 | M | arithmetic, pipelining, throughput, latency | ppt pdf | Logic Due (10/3 ok) Assign Arith |
Arithmetic for Computers; Performance Measures and Trade-offs |
| 4 | 10/4 | W | Memories, ALUs, Area/Time Tradeoffs | ppt pdf | |||
| 3 | 5 | 10/9 | M | What is required for computation?, Instructions 1 | ppt pdf | Arith/pipe DUE Assign ucode 181 ref. |
ch8 RCGP |
| 6 | 10/11 | W | Costs and Change, MOS Scaling | ppt pdf | cite and additional | ||
| 4 | 7 | 10/16 | M | Instructions 2, Compare Costs | ppt pdf | Assign instr ucode DUE |
ch9 RCGP ccmpare SPIE98 |
| 8 | 10/18 | W | Compute 1: LUTs | ppt pdf | cite and additional | ||
| 5 | 9 | 10/23 | M | No Class | Assign compute Instructions Due |
Caltech CS Retreat | |
| 10 | 10/25 | W | Compute 2: ALUs and PLAs | ppt pdf | cite and additional | ||
| 6 | 11 | 10/30 | M | Interconnect 1: significance, model, busses, and crossbars | ppt pdf | Assign Wiring Requirements Compute Due |
cite and additional |
| 12 | 11/1 | W | Interconnect 2: requirements and implications | ppt pdf | cite and additional | ||
| 7 | 13 | 11/6 | M | Interconnect 3: hierarchical and fixedws | ppt pdf | Assign Interconnect mult16b partition Wiring Requirements Due |
|
| * | 11/8 | W | No Class, see Friday | DARPA BRASS Review | |||
| 14 | 11/10 | F | 1pm: Interconnect 4: symmetric and switching | ppt pdf | additional | ||
| 8 | 15 | 11/13 | M | Retiming 1: requirements, reasons, transformations | ppt pdf | Assign Retime Interconnect Due |
cite and additional |
| 16 | 11/15 | W | Retiming 2: structures | ppt pdf | cite and additional | ||
| 9 | 17 | 11/20 | M | Time Multiplexing | ppt pdf | Retiming due there is no hw9 |
cite and additional |
| 18 | 11/22 | W | Control | ppt pdf | cite | ||
| 10 | 19 | 11/28 | M | Specialization | ppt pdf | Assign Final Exercise | cite and additional |
| 20 | 11/30 | W | Review | ppt pdf | Assign Feedback Questionnaire | ||
| 11 | 12/6-8 | Finals | |||||
| F | 12/8 | Final Exercise Due 5pm | |||||
This working calendar is on the web: http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~andre/courses/CS184/fall2000.html.
Please, recheck the page on the web as details may be adjusted as the
term progresses. Lectures notes, reading, and handouts will be filled as
we reach them.
