EECS 370

Welcome to EECS 370 Winter 2024!

Please see the above calendar for when each queue is open. All office hours are color coded based on where they are and what type they are (individual vs group).

When you come to office hours, please be sure to specify your location. If we can't find you we'll have to pop you off the queue and you'll have to wait in line again.

If the queue is busy, staff members might limit each student to 10 minutes.

Please have your questions ready! Unfortunately we only have so much time to spend with you.

Queue

Administrative Requests

Exam Conflict Requests

SSD Accommodation Requests

Lecture

Office Hours

Tue 4:30 - 5 PM [2901 BBB]

Wed 3 - 4 PM [Remote]

Thu 4:30 - 5 PM [2901 BBB]

See GCal for OH format

Lecture

Office Hours

Tue 10:20 - 11 AM [Group, After Lecture]

THu 10:20 - 11 AM [Group, After Lecture]

Lecture

Office Hours

Wed 10 - 11 AM 4816 BBB

Drive

MacOS launch.json

WSL launch.json

tasks.json


9:30-11:30 AM
10:30-12:30 PM
11:30-1:30 PM
12:30-2:30 PM
1:30-3:30 PM
2:30-4:30 PM
3:30-5:30 PM
4:30-6:30 PM


9:30-11:30AM
1:30-3:30PM
2:30-4:30PM
3:30-5:30PM
4:30-6:30PM
5:30-7:30PM

Lab

Time & Location

YouTube Labs from Past Terms

Assembler, Simulator, and Assembly-Language Multiplication

Spec

Walkthrough

FAQ

Advanced Assembler and Linker

Spec

Walkthrough

FAQ

Pipelined Datapath Simulator

Project 3 Pipeline vs Lecture Pipeline

Lecture Pipeline Simulator

Spec

Walkthrough

FAQ

Data and Memory Cache Simulator

Cache Simulator

Spec

Walkthrough

Drive

Thursday, March 7th at 6 - 8 PM

Friday, April 26th at 10:30 - 12:30 PM

Sunday, March 3rd, in DOW 1013 at 2 - 4 PM

Sunday, April 21st, in DOW 1013 at 2 - 4 PM

EECS 280 Setup Tutorials

C for C++ users by Ian Cooke

GDB Tutorial

GDB Reference Card

EECS 370 Youtube Channel

Binary, Hex, and 2's complement Review Sheet

Green LEGv8 Cheat Sheet

Symbol Table and Relocation Table for EECS 370

Arm Architecture Reference Manual

LC2K Simulator

Pipeline Simulator

Cache Simulator

Schedule

Day	Topic	Assignment Released	Assignment Deadline	Patterson & Hennessey ARM 5th Readings
Week 1 Wed Jan 10	First Day of Classes
Thu Jan 11	Lecture 1: Introduction			Sections 1.1 - 1.4, 1.7
Fri Jan 12	No Labs (MLK Day on 1/15)
Mon Jan 15	No Labs (MLK Day on 1/15)
Week 2 Tue Jan 16	Lecture 2: ISA and Binary			Sections 2.2 - 2.6, 3.2, 3.3
Wed Jan 17
Thu Jan 18	Lecture 3: LC2K			Sections 2.2 - 2.5
Fri Jan 19	Lab 1: Binary & C			Sections 2.4, 2.6, 3.2
Mon Jan 22	Lab 1: Binary & C			Sections 2.4, 2.6, 3.2
Week 3 Tue Jan 23	Lecture 4: ARM			Sections 2.2, 2.3, 2.5, 2.6
Wed Jan 24
Thu Jan 25	Lecture 5: Converting C to Assembly			Sections 2.2, 2.3, 2.6, 2.7
Fri Jan 26	Lab 2: Project 1 - LC2K ISA			Sections 2.2 - 2.7, 2.13, 3.3
Mon Jan 29	Lab 2: Project 1 - LC2K ISA			Sections 2.2 - 2.7, 2.13, 3.3
Week 4 Tue Jan 30	Lecture 6: Function Calls in Assembly			Sections 2.8, 2.13
Wed Jan 31
Thu Feb 1	Lecture 7: Linking & Floating Point		P1a Due	Sections 2.12, 3.2, 3.3, 3.5
Fri Feb 2	Lab 3: ARM Assembly			Sections 2.2 - 2.7, 2.13, 3.3
Mon Feb 5	Lab 3: ARM Assembly		HW 1 Due	Sections 2.2 - 2.7, 2.13, 3.3
Week 5 Tue Feb 6	Lecture 8: Combinational Logic Design			Sections A.1 - A.3, A.5, C.2
Wed Feb 7
Thu Feb 8	Lecture 9: Sequential Logic Design		P1s & P1m Due	Sections A.7 - A.9, A.11
Fri Feb 9	Lab 4: Project 2 - Functions & Linking			Sections 2.8, 2.12
Mon Feb 12	Lab 4: Project 2 - Functions & Linking			Sections 2.8, 2.12
Week 6 Tue Feb 13	Lecture 10: FSM & Single-Cycle Processor Design			Sections A.10, C.3, 4.1 - 4.4
Wed Feb 14
Thu Feb 15	Lecture 11: Multi-Cycle Processor Design			Sections 4.1 - 4.4
Fri Feb 16	Lab 5: Digital Logic			Sections A.1 - A.3, A.5, A.7 - A.11, C.2, C.3
Mon Feb 19	Lab 5: Digital Logic			Sections A.1 - A.3, A.5, A.7 - A.11, C.2, C.3
Week 7 Tue Feb 20	Lecture 12: Pipelined Processors			Sections 4.5 - 4.6
Wed Feb 21
Thu Feb 22	Lecture 13: Data Hazards		P2a Due	Section 4.7
Fri Feb 23	Lab 6: Single & Multi-Cycle Datapaths		HW2 Due	Sections 4.1 - 4.4
Mon Feb 26	No Class (Spring Break)
Week 8 Tue Feb 27	No Class (Spring Break)
Wed Feb 28
Thu Feb 29
Fri Mar 1
Mon Mar 4	Lab 6: Single & Multi-Cycle Datapaths			Sections 4.1 - 4.4
Week 9 Tue Mar 5	Midterm Review
Wed Mar 6
Thu Mar 7	Midterm Exam (6-8 PM; No Lecture)
Fri Mar 8	No Labs
Mon Mar 11	No Labs
Week 10 Tue Mar 12	Lecture 14: Data Hazards II			Section 4.7
Wed Mar 13
Thu Mar 14	Lecture 15: Control Hazards & Branch Prediction			Sections 4.8, 4.9
Fri Mar 15	Lab 7: Advanced Assembly - Recursive Functions			Sections 4.5, 4.6
Mon Mar 18	Lab 7: Advanced Assembly - Recursive Functions			Sections 4.5, 4.6
Week 11 Tue Mar 19	Lecture 16: Introduction to Caches			Sections 5.1 - 5.3
Wed Mar 20
Thu Mar 21	Lecture 17: Cache Blocks, Write Policies		P2l Due	Section 5.3
Fri Mar 22	Lab 8: Project 3 - Pipelining			Section 4.7 - 4.9
Mon Mar 25	Lab 8: Project 3 - Pipelining			Section 4.7 - 4.9
Week 12 Tue Mar 26	Lecture 18: Direct-Mapped Caches			Sections 5.4, 5.8
Wed Mar 27
Thu Mar 28	Lecture 19: Set-Associative Caches		P3 Checkpoint Due	Sections 5.4, 5.8
Fri Mar 29	Lab 9: Datapath Performance			Sections 1.6, 1.9
Mon Apr 1	Lab 9: Datapath Performance			Sections 1.6, 1.9
Week 13 Tue Apr 2	Lecture 20: Classifying Cache Misses			Sections 5.4, 5.5
Wed Apr 3
Thu Apr 4	Lecture 21: Virtual Memory		P3 Due	Section 5.7
Fri Apr 5	Lab 10: Project 4 - Caches			Sections 5.9, 5.12
Mon Apr 8	Lab 10: Project 4 - Caches		HW3 Due	Sections 5.9, 5.12
Week 14 Tue Apr 9	Extra Lecture: Special Topics
Wed Apr 10
Thu Apr 11	Lecture 22: Multi-Level Page Tables			Section 5.7
Fri Apr 12	Lab 11: Cache-Aware Programming			Sections 5.4, 5.5
Mon Apr 15	Lab 11: Cache-Aware Programming			Sections 5.4, 5.5
Week 15 Tue Apr 16	Lecture 23: Speeding Up Virtual Memory			Section 5.7
Wed Apr 17
Thu Apr 18	Extra Lecture: TBD		P4 due
Fri Apr 19	Lab 12: Cache and Virtual Memory Performance			Sections 5.5, 5.7, 5.8
Mon Apr 22	Lab 12: Cache and Virtual Memory Performance			Sections 5.5, 5.7, 5.8
Week 16 Tue Apr 23	Final Review		HW4 Due
Wed Apr 24
Thu Apr 25
Fri Apr 26	Final Exam (10:30 - 12:30 PM)