Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

The University of Texas at Austin



EE 306, Fall, 2013
Yale Patt, Instructor
TAs:Ben Lin, Mochamad Asri, Ameya Chaudhari, Nikhil Garg, Lauren Guckert,
        Jack Koenig, Saijel Mokashi, Sruti Nuthalapati, Sparsh Singhai, Jiajun Wang
Course Outline
August 28, 2013



August 28: Lecture 1. Overview of EE 306. August 30: Discussion Session. Orientation to the LRC system, tools.

September 2: Labor Day. University closed. No class.

September 4: Lecture 2: Bits and operations on bits. September 6: Discussion Session. Emphasis on Chapters 1,2, problem set 1.

Problem set 1, due before class, September 9 September 11.

September 9: Lecture 3. Bits and operations on bits (continued).

September 11: Lecture 4. Bits and operations on bits (continued).

September 13: Discussion Session. Emphasis on Chapter 2, problem set 2

September 16: Lecture 5. Basic Logic Structures. September 18: Lecture 6. Memory and Finite State Machines September 20: Discussion Session. Emphasis on Chapter 3.

Problem set 2, due before class, September 23 September 25.

September 23: Lecture 7. Introduction to Von Neumann model. September 25: Lecture 8. ISA Specification of the LC-3 September 27: Discussion Session: Introduction to the LC-3 Simulator and Programming Lab 1.

September 30: Lecture 9. Introduction to programming in LC-3 machine language.

October 2: Lecture 10. A more sophisticated LC-3 program (cf. Chapters 5,6). Programming Lab 1 due, 11:59pm, October 3.

October 4: Discussion Session: Review for Exam 1.

Problem set 3, due before class, October 7.

October 7: Lecture 11. Review.

October 9: Lecture 12. Exam 1.

October 11: NO Discussion Session. Catch up on sleep, or leave for Dallas!

October 14: Lecture 13. Moving up a level, Assembly Language and the Assembler.

October 16: Lecture 14. Detailed examples in Assembly Language. October 18: Discussion Session: Emphasis on Chapter 7 and Programming Lab 2.

Programming Lab 2 due, 11:59pm, October 20.

October 21: Lecture 15. Programming in Assembly Language with Data Structures I

October 23: Lecture 16. Programming in Assembly Language with Data Structures II

October 25: Discussion Session: Emphasis on Problem set 4

Problem set 4, due before class, October 28.

October 28: Lecture 17. Physical I/O. October 30: Lecture 18. Physical I/O, continued.

November 1: Discussion Session: Emphasis on Programming Lab 3

Programming Lab 3 due, 11:59pm, November 3.

November 4: Lecture 19. The TRAP instruction.

November 6: Lecture 20. Subroutines (JSR/RET mechanism) November 8: Discussion Session: Chapter 8,9. Prepare for Exam 2.

Problem set 5, due before class, November 11.

November 11: Lecture 21. Review or catch up.

November 13: Lecture 22. Exam 2.

November 15: Discussion Session: Deep breath: General review.

November 18: Lecture 23. Stacks. Parameters. How are they passed?

November 20: Lecture 24. Interrupt processing

November 22: Discussion Session: Programming Labs 4,5.

Programming Lab 4 due, 11:59pm, November 24 November 27.

November 25: Lecture 25. The Calculator Example (pulling a lot together). November 27: Lecture 26. Special lecture -- to be announced.

November 28,29: Thanksgiving Day recess. Enjoy the holiday.

December 2: Lecture 27. Pot pourri December 4: Lecture 28. Any OTHER questions!

December 6: Discussion Session: Last discussion session before final exam.

Programming Lab 5 due, December 6, 5pm.

Problem set 6, not to be handed in, use for final exam preparation.

December 13. Final Exam, 7 to 10pm. (according to the Registrar's Course Schedule, which he can change.)


Programming Labs:
Problem Sets: