360N: Computer Architecture

Fall 2007

University of Texas at Austin

Instructor:  Prof. Derek Chiou
TAs: Nikhil Patil and Ikhwan Lee

Topics to be covered:

Important dates:

Date

Work Issued/Due

Aug 29

Lab 1 Issued
(write LC-3b assembler, write an assembler, assemble your program)

Sep 5

 

Sep 10

Lab 2 Issued

(Write a program in C that simulates at the instruction
cycle level the baseline LC-3b ISA. Test your simulator with
the output of the assembler for the application program
written in Programming Lab 1.)

Sep 12


Sep 17

Lab 1 Due (Sep 16 11:59PM)

Sep 19

 

Sep 24

Lab 2 Due (Sep 23th, 11:59PM)

Lab 3 Issued
(Finish the LC-3b)

Sep 26

 

Oct 1


Oct 3

 

Oct 8

Lab 3 Due (Oct 7th, 11:59PM)

Lab 4 Issued
(Interrupts/Exceptions)

Oct 10

 

Oct 15


Oct 17

EXAM 1

Oct 22


Oct 24


Oct 29


Oct 31

Lab 4 Due (Oct 30, 11:59pm)
Lab 5 Issued
(Virtual memory)

Nov 5


Nov 7

Guest lecture (ICCAD conference)

Nov 12

 

Nov 14


Nov 19

EXAM 2

Nov 21

Lab 5 Due (Nov 20, 11:59PM)
Lab 6 Issued
(Pipelining)

Nov 26


Nov 28




Dec 5


Dec 7

Lab 6 Due (Dec 7th 11:59PM)

Dec 14

TENTATIVE (Registrar has power to change) FINAL EXAM