CS 256 - Spring 2026: 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 01/08 Thu Introduction / Overview P&H 1
2 01/13 Tue Working with a Logic Simulator
01/15 Thu
3 01/20 Tue Numbers & Arithmetic P&H 3 Intro to Digital Logic
01/22 Thu
4 01/27 Tue Combinational Logic 1
01/29 Thu Machine Instructions P&H 2
5 02/03 Tue Combinational Logic 2
02/05 Thu
6 02/10 Tue Sequential Logic / Memory
02/12 Thu
7 02/17 Tue
02/19 Thu Exam 1
8 02/24 Tue The Processor P&H 4
02/26 Thu
9 03/03 Tue Building a Processor
03/05 Thu (ongoing)
10 03/10 Tue
03/12 Thu
11 03/17 Tue Spring Break
03/19 Thu
12 03/24 Tue
03/26 Thu
13 03/31 Tue Memory Hierarchy P&H 5
04/02 Thu
14 04/07 Tue Storage / I/O P&H 6
04/09 Thu
15 04/14 Tue
04/16 Thu Exam 2
16 04/21 Tue
04/23 Thu Reading day
04/24 Fri 8:00-10:00 AM — Final Exam Period