CS 256 - Spring 2025: Schedule

Weekly Schedule

This is a tentative schedule, and it is subject to change.
Refer to Canvas for detailed, up-to-date reading and assignments.

"P&H n" refers to chapter n in the textbook by Patterson and Hennessy.
Blanks are continuations of the topic and/or reading from an earlier day.

WkDateClass TopicReadingLab Topic
1 01/09 Thu Introduction / Overview P&H 1
2 01/14 Tue Working with a Logic Simulator
01/16 Thu
3 01/21 Tue Numbers & Arithmetic P&H 3 Intro to Digital Logic
01/23 Thu
4 01/28 Tue Combinational Logic 1
01/30 Thu Machine Instructions P&H 2
5 02/04 Tue Combinational Logic 2
02/06 Thu
6 02/11 Tue Sequential Logic / Memory
02/13 Thu
7 02/18 Tue
02/20 Thu Exam 1
8 02/25 Tue The Processor P&H 4
02/27 Thu
9 03/04 Tue Building a Processor
03/06 Thu (ongoing)
10 03/11 Tue Spring Break
03/13 Thu
11 03/18 Tue
03/20 Thu
12 03/25 Tue
03/27 Thu
13 04/01 Tue Memory Hierarchy P&H 5
04/03 Thu
14 04/08 Tue Storage / I/O P&H 6
04/10 Thu
15 04/15 Tue
04/17 Thu Exam 2
16 04/22 Tue
04/24 Thu Reading day
04/25 Fri 8:00-10:00 AM — Final Exam Period