CS 152/252A Spring 2026
Instructor: Chris Fletcher / Lecture: TuTh, 5:00 PM–6:30 PM, VLSB 2050 [Zoom, bCourses Media Gallery]
Course Calendar
| Wk. | Date | Lecture | 252 Readings | Discussion | HW | Lab |
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| 1 |
Tue Jan 20 | 1. Intro / Early Machines Slides / Recording |
Week 1 Logistics
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Lab 1
(due Fri Feb 06) | ||
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Thu Jan 22 | 2. Microcoding Slides / Recording |
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| 2 |
Tue Jan 27 | 3. Pipelining 1 Slides / Recording |
Week 2 Readings
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1. Microcoding Discussion: Worksheet / Solutions / Slides |
Homework 1
(due Sun Feb 08) |
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Thu Jan 29 | 4. Pipelining 2 Slides / Recording |
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Tue Feb 03 | 5. Memory 1 Slides / Recording |
Week 3 Readings
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2. Pipelining Discussion: Worksheet / Solutions / Slides |
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Thu Feb 05 | 6. Memory 2 Slides / Recording |
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Tue Feb 10 | 7. Memory 3 Slides / Recording |
3. Memory Hierarchy Discussion: Worksheet / Solutions / Slides |
Homework 2
(due Fri Feb 20) PrairieLearn / Handout |
Lab 2
(due Sun Mar 01) | |
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Thu Feb 12 | 8. Guest Lecture (Annapurna Labs) Slides / Recording |
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Tue Feb 17 | 9. Address Translation | ||||
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Thu Feb 19 | 10. Virtual Memory | |||||
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Tue Feb 24 | 11. Complex Pipelines + Midterm 1 | ||||
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Thu Feb 26 | 12. OoO 1 | Homework 3
(due Fri Mar 13) |
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Tue Mar 03 | 13. OoO 2 | Lab 3
(due Sun Mar 22) | |||
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Thu Mar 05 | 14. Branch Prediction 1 | |||||
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Tue Mar 10 | 15. Guest Lecture (Apple) | ||||
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Thu Mar 12 | 16. Catch-Up Day | |||||
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Tue Mar 17 | Quiz (in class) |
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Thu Mar 19 | 17. VLIW | Homework 4
(due Fri Apr 03) |
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| 10 |
Tue Mar 24 | No Lecture (Spring Break) |
Lab 4
(due Sun Apr 05) | |||
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Thu Mar 26 | No Lecture (Spring Break) |
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| 11 |
Tue Mar 31 | 18. Vectors | No Reading (Spring Break) | |||
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Thu Apr 02 | 19. Multi-threading | |||||
| 12 |
Tue Apr 07 | 20. GPU | Lab 5
(due Sun Apr 19) | |||
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Thu Apr 09 | 21. Cache Coherence | Homework 5
(due Thu Apr 23) |
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Tue Apr 14 | 22. Synchronization + Midterm 2 | ||||
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Thu Apr 16 | 23. Memory Consistency | |||||
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Tue Apr 21 | 24. Specialization/Acceleration | Lab 6
(due Sun May 03) | |||
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Thu Apr 23 | 25. Security (Chris) | |||||
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Tue Apr 28 | 26. Guest Lecture | ||||
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Thu Apr 30 | 27. Catch Up day | |||||
| 16 |
Tue May 05 | No Lecture (RRR Week) |
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Thu May 07 | No Lecture (RRR Week) |
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| 17 |
Fri May 15 | Final Exam (11:30 - 2:30) |