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| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2/6: First day of classes | 2/7: L1 - Course Mechanics and Digital Abstraction Bash and lab setup tutorial (7-8pm) | 2/8: R1 Bash and lab setup tutorial (7-8pm) | 2/9: L2 - Combinational Devices and Boolean Algebra | 2/10: R2 |
| 2/13: | 2/14: L3 - Combinational Design and Intro to Minispec Lab 1 (Combinational) out | 2/15: R3 | 2/16: L4 - Advanced Minispec and Combinational Design Tradeoffs Lab 2 (ALU) out | 2/17: R4 |
| 2/20: Holiday | 2/21: Monday schedule | 2/22: No class (extra) | 2/23: L5 - CMOS Lab 1 due | 2/24: R5 |
| 2/27: | 2/28: L6 - Sequential Circuits and Finite State Machines Lab 3 (Sequential Circuits) out | 3/1: R6 Lab 1 checkoff due | 3/2: L7 - Implementing Sequential Circuits in Minispec Lab 2 due | 3/3: R7 |
| 3/6: | 3/7: L8 - Arithmetic Pipelines Quiz 1 Review: 7:30-9:30 PM | 3/8: R8 Lab 2 checkoff due | 3/9: L9 - Design Tradeoffs Quiz 1: 7:30-9:30 PM | 3/10: R9 |
| 3/13: | 3/14: L10 - Compilers and RISC-V Assembly | 3/15: R10 | 3/16: L11 - Single Cycle Processor Lab 3 due Lab 4 (Processor Implementation) out | 3/17: R11 |
| 3/20: | 3/21: L12 - Memory Hierarchy | 3/22: R12 Lab 3 checkoff due | 3/23: L13 - Caches Lab 4 due Lab 5 (Caches) out | 3/24: R13 |
| 3/27: Spring Break | 3/28: Spring Break | 3/29: Spring Break | 3/30: Spring Break | 3/31: Spring Break |
| 4/3: | 4/4: L14 - Pipelined Processors 1 Lab 6 (Pipelined Processor) out | 4/5: R14 Lab 4 checkoff due | 4/6: L15 - Pipelined Processors 2 | 4/7: R15 |
| 4/10: | 4/11: L16 - OS Lab 7 (Operating Systems) out | 4/12: R16 | 4/13: L17 - Virtual Memory 1 Lab 5 due | 4/14: R17 |
| 4/17: Holiday | 4/18: L18 - Virtual Memory 2 Quiz 2 Review: 7:30-9:30 PM | 4/19: R18 Lab 5 checkoff due | 4/20: L19 - Exceptions, I/O Quiz 2: 7:30-9:30 PM | 4/21: R19 |
| 4/24: | 4/25: L20 - Parallel Processing Drop Date | 4/26: R20 | 4/27: L21 - Synchronization Lab 6 due | 4/28: R21 |
| 5/1: | 5/2: L22 - Cache Coherence | 5/3: R22 Lab 6 checkoff due | 5/4: L23 - Modern Processor Architecture Lab 7 due | 5/5: No class |
| 5/8: | 5/9: No class Quiz 3 Review: 7:30-9:30 PM | 5/10: No class Lab 7 checkoff due | 5/11: No class Quiz 3: 7:30-9:30 PM | 5/12: No class |
| 5/15: | 5/16: No class Last day of classes Labs 1-7 must be checked off | 5/17: | 5/18: | 5/19: |