COMP 311 (Fall 2025)

Tuesday / Thursday 2:00 - 3:15 in FedEx Global Center, RM 1015.

A working draft of the syllabus can be found here!

Office Hours

Instructor: Kaki Ryan

Mondays: 10-12pm in FB114

TA OH: in SN143

Mondays/Wednesdays: 11-2pm, 4-5pm

Tuesdays/Thursdays: 3:30-5pm

Friday: 12-3pm

Course Links

Assignments

Practice Problem Solutions

Gradescope (Enrollment code is NGNGRV)

Optional Textbooks:

• Computer Organization and Design RISC-V Edition: The Hardware Software Interface by David Patterson and John Hennessey. PDF
• The RISC-V Reader: An Open Architecture Atlas by David Patterson and Andrew Waterman. PDF

Course Schedule

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Week 1

Tuesday 8/19:

• FDOC!! :)
• Lecture 1: Welcome! Introduction
• Slides
• In-class Practice

Thursday 8/21:

• Lecture 2: 211 Review
• Slides
• In-class Practice

Week 2

Tuesday 8/26:

• FDOC!! :)
• Lecture 3: Intro to Digital Logic
• Slides
• In-class Practice

Thursday 8/27:

• Lecture 4: Transistors, Logic Gates
• Slides
• In-class Practice
• Written Assignment 1 Released. Due 9/4 11:59pm

Week 3

Tuesday 9/2:

• Lecture 5: Logic Gates, Intro to Boolean Algebra
• Slides
• In-class Practice
• Lab 1 Released. Due 9/11 11:59pm

Thursday 9/4:

• QUIZ 1
• Lecture 6: Digital Software Tutorial, Gate Minimization
• Slides
• In-class Practice