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