This schedule is tentative. The assignment due dates are also approximate, and may be adjusted to be a class period earlier or later depending on if we're ahead or behind with the course material.
| Date | Textbook | Lecture Topic | Assignment due |
| Thur, Jan 12 | 1.1-1.9 | Introduction | |
| Tues, Jan 17 | 2.1-2.7 | Introduction (continued) | |
| Thur, Jan 19 | 2.16-2.19 | ISAs | |
| Tues, Jan 24 | ISAs (continued) | ||
| Thur, Jan 26 | Appendix C | Digital Logic & Verilog | |
| Tues, Jan 31 | Digital Logic & Verilog (continued) | Homework 1 | |
| Thur, Feb 2 | 3.1-3.9 (skim 3.5) | Arithmetic | |
| Tues, Feb 7 | 4.1-4.4 | Single-Cycle Datapath | |
| Thur, Feb 9 | Single-Cycle Datapath | Lab 0 | |
| Tues, Feb 14 | 4.5-4.8 | Pipelining | |
| Thur, Feb 16 | Pipelining (continued) | ||
| Tues, Feb 21 | 1.4, 1.7-1.9 | Lab Hints & Performance | |
| Thur, Feb 23 | 5.1-5.3 | Caches (& last part of Pipelining) | Lab 1 |
| Tues, Feb 28 | Caches (guest lecture) | Homework 2 | |
| Thur, Mar 1 | Caches (continued) | Lab 2 | |
| Tues, Mar 6 | No Class -- Spring Break | ||
| Thur, Mar 8 | No Class -- Spring Break | ||
| Tues, Mar 13 | Caches (continued) & Review | ||
| Thur, Mar 15 | Midterm exam | Midterm exam | |
| Tues, Mar 20 | 5.4 | Virtual Memory | |
| Thur, Mar 22 | Virtual Memory (continued) | ||
| Tues, Mar 27 | 4.10 | Superscalar | |
| Thur, Mar 29 | 4.11 | Static & Dynamic Scheduling | |
| Tues, Apr 3 | Static & Dynamic Scheduling (continued) | ||
| Thur, Apr 5 | 7.1-7.3, 7.5 | Multicore | Lab 3a (pipeline) - design document |
| Tues, Apr 10 | 5.8, 5.10 | Multicore (continued) | |
| Thur, Apr 12 | Multicore (continued) | Lab 3b.1 (pipeline) - preliminary demo I | |
| Tues, Apr 17 | 7.6 | Vectors | |
| Thur, Apr 19 | 7.7 | GPUs (guest lecture) | Lab 3b.2 (pipeline) - preliminary demo II |
| Tues, Apr 24 | 1.5 | Power & XBox360 | Lab 4c (pipeline) - final demo |