Great Ideas in Computer Architecture (Machine Structures)

CS 61C at UC Berkeley with Jedi Tsang, Eddy Byun, Nikhil Kandkur, Andrew Liu - Summer 2024

Lecture: Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday 2:00PM - 3:30PM PT, VLSB 2050
Recordings will be published to bCourses Media Gallery

Week	Date	Lecture	Discussion	Lab	HW	Project
1	Mon 6/17	Lecture 1: Intro, Number Representation Readings: Course Policies, P&H:2-4 Slides Drive Ed Thread		Lab 0: Intro, Setup Due 6/21
	Tue 6/18	Lecture 2: C Intro - Basics, Pointers, Arrays Readings: K&R 1-6, C Reference Slides, Brian Harvey's Intro to C Slides Drive Ed Thread			Homework 1: Number Rep, C Due 6/26
	Wed 6/19	No Lecture: Holiday
	Thu 6/20	Lecture 3: C - Strings & Memory Readings: K&R 5-6, 7.8.5, 8.7 Slides Drive Ed Thread	Discussion 1: C, Number Rep Worksheet Solutions Videos			Project 1: snek Checkpoint: Due 6/27 Due 7/01
	Fri 6/21
2	Mon 6/24	Lecture 4: C - Generics Readings: K&R 5.11 Slides Drive Ed Thread	Discussion 2: C Worksheet Solutions Videos
	Tue 6/25	Lecture 5: Floating Point Readings: IEEE 754 Simulator Slides Drive Ed Thread		Lab 1: C Due 6/25
	Wed 6/26	Lecture 6: Intro to RISC-V Readings: P&H 2.1-2.3, 2.9, 2.10 Slides Drive Ed Thread	Discussion 3: C, Floating Point Worksheet Solutions
	Thu 6/27	Lecture 7: RISC-V Procedures Readings: P&H 2.6-2.8, 3.2 Slides Drive Ed Thread		Lab 2: C Debugging Due 6/27	Homework 2: C, Floating Point, RISC-V Due 7/03
	Fri 6/28
3	Mon 7/1	Lecture 8: RISC-V Instruction Format Readings: P&H 2.5, 2.10 Slides Drive Ed Thread	Discussion 4: RISC-V Worksheet Solutions Videos
	Tue 7/2	Lecture 9: Compiler, Assembler, Linker, Loader Readings: P&H 2.12 Slides Drive Ed Thread		Lab 3: RISC-V, Venus Due 7/02		Project 2: CS61Classify Checkpoint: Due 7/08 Due 7/15
	Wed 7/3	Lecture 10: Combinational Logic, FSM Readings: P&H A.2–A.3,, Logic Handout Slides Drive Ed Thread	Discussion 5: RISC-V Instruction Formats, CALL Worksheet Solutions Videos
	Thu 7/4	No lecture: Holiday			Homework 3: RISC-V, Logic Due 7/10
	Fri 7/5
4	Mon 7/8	Lecture 11: SDS Readings: SDS Handout Slides Ed Thread	Discussion 6: Combinational Logic, Finite State Machines, SDS Worksheet Solutions Videos
	Tue 7/9	Lecture 12: RISC-V Single Cycle Datapath Readings: P&H 4.1, 4.3, 4.4 Slides Ed Thread		Lab 4: RISC-V Calling Convention Due 7/09
	Wed 7/10	Midterm Review (Optional) Slides Drive Ed Thread
	Thu 7/11	No Lecture: Midterm 7–9 PM			Homework 4: SDS, Datapath Due 7/17
	Fri 7/12
5	Mon 7/15	Lecture 13: RISC-V Single Cycle Datapath Controls Readings: P&H 4.4, 4.5 Slides Ed Thread	Discussion 7: Single Cycle Datapath Worksheet Solutions Videos
	Tue 7/16	Lecture 14: RISC-V 5-Stage Pipelining Readings: P&H 4.6, 4.7, 4.8 Slides Drive Ed Thread		Lab 5: Logisim Due 7/18		Project 3: CS61CPU Checkpoint: Due 7/22 Due 7/29
	Wed 7/17	Lecture 15: RISC-V 5-Stage Pipelining - Hazards Readings: P&H 4.8, 4.10 Slides Drive Ed Thread	Discussion 8: Pipelining Worksheet Solutions Videos
	Thu 7/18	Lecture 16: Parallelism I - Intro, Data Level Parallelism Readings: P&H 1.7, 1.8, 2.11, 4.10, 4.11, 5.10, 6.1-6.3, 6.5, 6.7, OpenMP Summary Card Slides Drive Ed Thread		Lab 6: Logisim II Due 7/18	Homework 5: Pipelining, Performance Programming Due 7/24
	Fri 7/19
6	Mon 7/22	Lecture 17: Parallelism II - Thread-Level Parallelism Readings: P&H 1.7, 1.8, 2.11, 4.10, 4.11, 5.10, 6.1-6.3, 6.5, 6.7, OpenMP Summary Card Slides Drive Ed Thread	Discussion 9: Hazards, Data-Level Parallelism Worksheet Solutions Videos
	Tue 7/23	Lecture 18: Parallelism III - Process-Level Parallelism Readings: P&H 1.7, 1.8, 2.11, 4.10, 4.11, 5.10, 6.1-6.3, 6.5, 6.7, OpenMP Summary Card Slides Drive Ed Thread		Lab 7: DLP Due 7/23
	Wed 7/24	Lecture 19: Caches I Readings: P&H 5.1-5.4, 5.8, 5.9, 5.13, Cache Flowchart Slides Drive Ed Thread	Discussion 10: Thread-Level Parallelism, PLP Worksheet Solutions Videos
	Thu 7/25	Lecture 20: Caches II Readings: P&H 5.1-5.4, 5.8, 5.9, 5.13, Cache Flowchart Slides Ed Thread		Lab 8: TLP Due 7/25	Homework 6: PLP, Caches Due 7/31
	Fri 7/26
7	Mon 7/29	Lecture 21: Caches III Readings: P&H 5.1-5.4, 5.8, 5.9, 5.13, Cache Flowchart Slides Drive Ed Thread	Discussion 11: Caches, AMAT Worksheet Solutions Videos
	Tue 7/30	Lecture 22: Virtual Memory I Readings: P&H 5.7, 5.8 Slides Drive Ed Thread		Lab 9 (Optional): PLP Due 7/30		Project 4: CS61kaChow Checkpoint: Due 8/02 Due 8/09
	Wed 7/31	Lecture 23: Virtual Memory II Readings: P&H 5.7, 5.8 Slides Drive Ed Thread	Discussion 12: Virtual Memory Worksheet Solutions Videos
	Thu 8/1	Lecture 24: Wrap-Up Slides Ed Thread			Homework 7: VM Due 8/05
	Fri 8/2
8	Mon 8/5	No Lecture
	Tue 8/6	No Lecture
	Wed 8/7	Final: 3–6 PM
	Thu 8/8
	Fri 8/9