Great Ideas in Computer Architecture (Machine Structures)

CS 61C at UC Berkeley with Dan Garcia, Justin Yokota - Fall 2023

Lecture: Monday/Wednesday/Friday 10:00AM - 11:00AM PT, Pimentel 1
Recordings will be published to bCourses Media Gallery

Week	Links	Date	Lecture	Discussion	Lab	HW	Project
1	Pacing Points	Wed 8/23	Lecture 1: Intro Readings: Course Policies Slides Drive
		Thu 8/24			Lab 0: Intro, Setup Due 8/29	Homework 1: Number Representation Due 8/30
		Fri 8/25	Lecture 2: Number Representation Readings: P&H:2.4, Binary slides Slides Drive		Lab 0: Intro, Setup Due 8/29
2		Mon 8/28	Lecture 3: C Intro - Basics Readings: K&R 1-5, C Reference Slides, Brian Harvey's Intro to C Slides Drive	Discussion 1: Number Representation Worksheet Solutions Videos			Project 1: snek Due 9/12
		Tue 8/29
		Wed 8/30	Lecture 4: C Intro - Pointers, Arrays, Strings Readings: K&R 5-6 Slides Drive		Lab 1: C Due 8/31
		Thu 8/31			Lab 1: C Due 8/31	Homework 2: C Due 9/06
		Fri 9/1	Lecture 5: C Memory (Mis)Management Readings: K&R 7.8.5, 8.7 Slides Drive
3	Pacing Points	Mon 9/4	No lecture: Holiday
		Tue 9/5		Discussion 2: C Worksheet Solutions Videos
		Wed 9/6	Lecture 6: Floating Point Readings: P&H 3.5, 3.9, IEEE 754 Simulator Slides Drive		Lab 2: C Debugging Due 9/07
		Thu 9/7			Lab 2: C Debugging Due 9/07	Homework 3: Floating Point Due 9/13
		Fri 9/8	Lecture 7: Intro to Assembly Language, RISC-V Readings: P&H 2.1-2.3 Slides Drive
4	Pacing Points	Mon 9/11	Lecture 8: RISC-V Data Transfer Readings: P&H 2.9, 2.10 Slides Drive	Discussion 3: Floating Point Worksheet Solutions Videos
		Tue 9/12		Discussion 3: Floating Point Worksheet Solutions Videos
		Wed 9/13	Lecture 9: RISC-V Decision Making Logical Ops Readings: P&H 2.6, 2.7, 3.2 Slides Drive		Lab 3: RISC-V, Venus Due 9/14		Project 2: CS61Classify A: Due 9/19 B: Due 10/03
		Thu 9/14			Lab 3: RISC-V, Venus Due 9/14	Homework 4: RISC-V Due 9/27
		Fri 9/15	Lecture 10: RISC-V Procedures Readings: P&H 2.8 Slides Drive
5	Pacing Points	Mon 9/18	Lecture 11: RISC-V Instruction Formats I Readings: P&H 2.5, 2.10 Slides Drive	Discussion 4: RISC-V Assembly, Functions Worksheet Solutions Videos
		Tue 9/19
		Wed 9/20	Lecture 12: RISC-V Instruction Formats II Readings: P&H 2.5, 2.10 Slides Drive		Lab 4: RISC-V Calling Convention Due 9/21
		Thu 9/21			Lab 4: RISC-V Calling Convention Due 9/21
		Fri 9/22	Lecture 13: Compiler, Assembler, Linker, Loader Readings: P&H 2.12 Slides Drive
6	Pacing Points	Mon 9/25	Lecture 14: Intro to Synchronous Digital Systems Readings: SDS Handout Slides Drive	Discussion 5: RISC-V Procedures, ISA, CALL Worksheet Solutions Videos
		Tue 9/26
		Wed 9/27	Lecture 15: Combinational Logic Readings: P&H A.2-A.3, Logic Handout Slides Drive
		Thu 9/28				Homework 5: Logic, Timing Due 10/04
		Fri 9/29	Lecture 16: SDS State, FSMs Readings: P&H A.3-A.6, State Handout Slides Drive
7	Pacing Points	Mon 10/2	Lecture 17: Combinational Logic Blocks Readings: Blocks Handout Slides Drive	Discussion 6: SDS, Logic, FSM Worksheet Solutions Videos
		Tue 10/3		Discussion 6: SDS, Logic, FSM Worksheet Solutions Videos
		Wed 10/4	Lecture 18: RISC-V Single-Cycle Datapath I Readings: P&H 4.1, 4.3 Slides Drive		Lab 5: Logisim Due 10/05		Project 3: CS61CPU A: Due 10/17 B: Due 11/07
		Thu 10/5			Lab 5: Logisim Due 10/05	Homework 6: RISC-V Datapath Due 10/25
		Fri 10/6	Lecture 19: RISC-V Single Cycle Datapath II Readings: P&H 4.4 Slides Drive
8	Pacing Points	Mon 10/9	Lecture 20: RISC-V Single-Cycle Control Readings: P&H 4.4, 4.5 Slides Drive
		Tue 10/10	Midterm: 7-9PM PT
		Wed 10/11	Lecture 21: RISC-V 5-Stage Pipeline I Readings: P&H 4.6 Slides Drive
		Thu 10/12
		Fri 10/13	Lecture 22: RISC-V 5-Stage Pipeline II, Hazards Readings: P&H 4.7, 4.8 Slides Drive
9	Pacing Points	Mon 10/16	Lecture 23: RISC-V 5-Stage Pipeline III, Hazards Readings: P&H 4.10 Slides Drive	Discussion 7: Single-Cycle Datapath Worksheet Solutions
		Tue 10/17		Discussion 7: Single-Cycle Datapath Worksheet Solutions
		Wed 10/18	Lecture 24: Caches - Direct Mapped I Readings: P&H 5.1-5.4, 5.8, 5.9, 5.13, Cache Flowchart Slides Drive		Lab 6: CPU, Pipelining Due 10/19
		Thu 10/19			Lab 6: CPU, Pipelining Due 10/19
		Fri 10/20	Lecture 25: Caches - Direct Mapped II Readings: P&H 5.1-5.4, 5.8, 5.9, 5.13, Cache Flowchart Slides Drive
10	Pacing Points	Mon 10/23	Lecture 26: Caches III Readings: P&H 5.1-5.4, 5.8, 5.9, 5.13, Cache Flowchart Slides Drive	Discussion 8: Pipelining, Hazards Worksheet Solutions Videos
		Tue 10/24
		Wed 10/25	Lecture 27: Caches - Set-Associative, Performance Readings: P&H 5.1-5.4, 5.8, 5.9, 5.13, Cache Flowchart Slides Drive
		Thu 10/26				Homework 7: Caches Due 11/01
		Fri 10/27	Lecture 28: Parallelism I - Intro 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
11	Pacing Points	Mon 10/30	Lecture 29: Parallelism II - SIMD 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	Discussion 9: Caches, AMAT Worksheet Solutions Videos
		Tue 10/31		Discussion 9: Caches, AMAT Worksheet Solutions Videos
		Wed 11/1	Lecture 30: Parallelism III - TLP 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		Lab 7: Parallelism I - SIMD Due 11/02
		Thu 11/2			Lab 7: Parallelism I - SIMD Due 11/02	Homework 8: Performance Programming Due 11/15
		Fri 11/3	Lecture 31: Parallelism IV - Concurrency 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
12	Pacing Points	Mon 11/6	Lecture 32: Parallelism V - PLP 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	Discussion 10: Parallelism I Worksheet Solutions Videos
		Tue 11/7		Discussion 10: Parallelism I Worksheet Solutions Videos
		Wed 11/8	Lecture 33: Virtual Memory I Readings: P&H 5.7-5.8 Slides Drive		Lab 8: Parallelism II - OpenMP Due 11/09		Project 4: CS61kaChow Due 11/28
		Thu 11/9			Lab 8: Parallelism II - OpenMP Due 11/09
		Fri 11/10	No lecture: Holiday
13	Pacing Points	Mon 11/13	Lecture 34: Virtual Memory II Readings: P&H 5.7-5.8 Slides Drive	Discussion 11: Parallelism II Worksheet Solutions Videos
		Tue 11/14		Discussion 11: Parallelism II Worksheet Solutions Videos
		Wed 11/15	Lecture 35: I/O Readings: P&H 5.2, 5.5, 5.11, A-64 to B-66 Slides Drive		Lab 9: Parallelism III - Open MPI Due 11/16
		Thu 11/16			Lab 9: Parallelism III - Open MPI Due 11/16	Homework 9: OS, I/O, VM, Potpourri Due 11/28
		Fri 11/17	Lecture 36: Dependability, Parity, ECC, RAID Readings: P&H 5.2, 5.5, 5.11 Slides Drive
14		Mon 11/20	Lecture 37: MapReduce, Spark, Amdahl's Law Readings: WSC 1, 2.4, 3, 5.1-5.3, P&H 6.7 Slides Drive	Discussion 12: OS, I/O, VM Worksheet Solutions Videos
		Tue 11/21		Discussion 12: OS, I/O, VM Worksheet Solutions Videos
		Wed 11/22	No lecture: Holiday
		Thu 11/23
		Fri 11/24	No lecture: Holiday
15	Pacing Points	Mon 11/27	Lecture 38: Data Centers, Warehouse Scale Computing Readings: WSC 1, 2.4, 3, 5.1-5.3 Slides Drive	Discussion 13: ECC, Dependability, Parity, Potpourri Worksheet Solutions Videos
		Tue 11/28
		Wed 11/29	Lecture 39: Guest Lecture
		Thu 11/30
		Fri 12/1	Lecture 40: Summary, What's Next? Slides Drive
16		Mon 12/4	RRR Week
		Tue 12/5	RRR Week
		Wed 12/6	RRR Week
		Thu 12/7	RRR Week
		Fri 12/8	RRR Week
17		Mon 12/11	Final: 8-11AM PT