Execution
Thursday, March 29th, 2007Today we’ll go over the results of the quiz and then look at instruction execution. Lecture 16 slides.
Archive for March, 2007
Quiz 2 review
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007Today we’ll look back over what we have covered so far in preparation for the quiz on Tuesday. I’ve collected a few slides to help us remember but I’d rather answer your questions than simply go through these. Bring questions on ANYTHING and we’ll try to make all clear. Quiz 2 review slides
Control
Tuesday, March 20th, 2007Today we’ll begin to look at the datapath and how we generate the signals to control it. Finite-state machines, the basis for control, are an interesting and useful topic for many areas besides computer organization. Lecture 15 slides.
Books finally available in the bookstore
Thursday, March 8th, 2007I sure hope you’ve already got one but the folks at the bookstore emailed to say the books are in!
Problem Set 7, Performance
Thursday, March 8th, 2007Just a few problems from the book to prepare you for questions about performance. Problem Set 7
Memory
Thursday, March 8th, 2007Today we’ll talk about how to implement storage such as registers, ROM, and RAM. Lecture 14 slides.
Second midterm Tuesday 27 March
Thursday, March 8th, 2007Changed from 29th originally estimated in the syllabus. We will review for the exam on Thursday 22 March.
Performance
Monday, March 5th, 2007In this lecture we’ll talk about measuring and understanding the performance of computer systems. Lecture 13 slides.
Problem Set 6, Floating Point
Monday, March 5th, 2007A few problems to help you learn about representing numbers in floating point. Problem Set 6