09/30/2006
Sorry I have been unresponsive to email the last two days. I had agreed to fly to Mexico late Wednesday to give a talk, and I just got back late this evening. First question to answer that is pressing on a lot of you: How far will the exam cover? Answer: all the material we have covered up to and including all of Chapter 3. So, the master-slave flipflop and danger sign are fair game. The instruction cycle (Fetch, Decode, ...) we will save for the 2nd exam. Good luck preparing for the midterm. I will see some of you at the review session on Sunday, and I will see all of you at the exam on Wednesday. Yale Patt