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