Professor Stearns
CPE 315 Course Materials
fall 2001

Reading
The course reading is assigned from Patterson and Hennessy as follows:

By Date Read

9/28 Appendix B, Chapter 1, Course Syllabus

10/1 Appendix A.1-A.5, A.8-A.10, Chapter 2

10/8 Chapter 3.1-3.10, 3.13-3.15

10/15 Chapter 4.1-4.6, 4.8, 4.10-4.13

10/22 Chapter 5.1-5.3

10/29 Chapter 5.4-5.6 5.8-5.11

11/5 Chapter 6.1-6.2
Appendix A.6,A.7

11/12 Chapter 7.1-7.5, 7.7-7.10

12/3 Chapter 9.1-9.2 9.7-9.10
John Dvorak, Inside Track, PC Magazine, 11/18/97


By Date	Read
9/28	Appendix B, Chapter 1, Course Syllabus
10/1	Appendix A.1-A.5, A.8-A.10, Chapter 2
10/8	Chapter 3.1-3.10, 3.13-3.15
10/15	Chapter 4.1-4.6, 4.8, 4.10-4.13
10/22	Chapter 5.1-5.3
10/29	Chapter 5.4-5.6 5.8-5.11
11/5	Chapter 6.1-6.2 Appendix A.6,A.7
11/12	Chapter 7.1-7.5, 7.7-7.10
12/3	Chapter 9.1-9.2 9.7-9.10 John Dvorak, Inside Track, PC Magazine, 11/18/97

Class Overheads

Arithmetic and math:

Adder Truth Tables
Computer Architecture Units
MIPS ALU functions
Program to illustrate -1 representation
Program to illustrate overflow
Program to illustrate that floating point isn't associative
Program to illustrate the compile-time math for calculating address halves
Purposes of Carry and Overflow