| Week | Lec. | Date | Topic | Reading | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 17-Jan Wed | Introduction to IRAM | [Pat95] | DP |
| 2 | 19-Jan Fri | ABCs of DRAM | [Prz94] | Przybylski | |
| 2 | 3 | 22-Jan Mon | Cache/Memory Review | [HP96] | DP |
| 4 | 24-Jan Wed | Example Custom DRAM | [Dee94] | Deering, Sun | |
| 5 | 26-Jan Fri | DRAM guests perspectives | Discussion | DP | |
| 3 | 6 | 29-Jan Mon | Caches Considered Harmful | [Wul95, Sit96, Bur96] | DP |
| 7 | 31-Jan Wed | 1st 294 Assignments | Discussion | DP | |
| 8 | 2-Feb Fri | DRAM interfaces | [Yan96, Tai91, Osh94] | Horowitz, Stanford | |
| 4 | 9 | 5-Feb Mon | Horowitz Recap/Projects | Discussion | DP |
| 10 | 8-Feb Thu | L2 Cache + DRAM | Giacalone, IBM | ||
| 9-Feb Fri | No lecture (ISSCC) | ||||
| 5 | 11 | 12-Feb Mon | Introduction to DRAM | Discussion | C-H Kim, Samsung |
| 12 | 14-Feb Wed | ISSCC/1st Assignment Recap | Discussion | DP | |
| 16-Feb Fri | No lecture | (ARPA meeting) | |||
| 6 | 19-Feb Mon | Holiday | (Illness delays) | ||
| 7 | 13 | 26-Feb Mon | Introduction to Vectors | [Joh78, Nak94, Elt95] | DP |
| 14 | 28-Feb Wed | VPP300 Vector computer | [Mui93,Uts94] | Ken Muira, Fujitsu | |
| 15 | 01-Mar Fri | Adding Vector to VAX | Bhandarkar, Intel | ||
| 8 | 16 | 04-Mar Mon | 2nd Assignmment | ||
| 17 | 06-Mar Mon | Vector Architecture | Asanovic, UCB | ||
| 18 | 08-Mar Mon | Vector Discussion | Discussion | DP | |
| 9 | 19 | 11-Mar Mon | Multiprocessor Review | Tutorial | DP |
| 20 | 13-Mar Wed | Transputer & Execube | [Whi90, Kog94, Kog95] | DP | |
| 21 | 15-Mar Fri | Case for Proc./Mem. Integration | [Sau96] | Nowatzyk, Sun | |
| 10 | 22 | 18-Mar Mon | J-Machine, SIMD | [Dal93, Mil94, Ast94] | DP |
| 23 | 20-Mar Wed | 2nd Assignments | Discussion | DP | |
| 22-Mar Mon | Spring Break | thru 29-Mar Fri | |||
| 11 | 24 | 2-Apr Tue | System on a Chip | Talk:531 Cory, 5PM | Parke, IBM |
| 25 | 3-Apr Wed | 3rd Assignment | Discussion | DP | |
| 4-Apr Thu | M-Machine | [Fil96] (306 Soda 4PM) | Dally, MIT | ||
| 12 | 26 | 8-Apr Mon | Execube | [Kog95] | Kogge, Notre D. |
| 27 | 10-Apr Wed | 3rd Assignment Status | Discussion | DP | |
| 13 | 28 | 17-Apr Wed | 3rd Assignment Status | Discussion | DP |
| 24-Apr Wed | No lecture | (Petaflop meeting) | |||
| 29 | 26-Apr Fri | DRAM & Logic roadmap | Ping, TI | ||
| 14 | 30 | 1-May Wed | 3rd Assignment Status | Discussion | DP |
| 31 | 3-May Fri | Oral Presentations | 11-1, 2-6 | class | |
| 15 | 32 | 6-May Mon | Class Summary/ Future Directions | Discussion | DP |
| 10-May Fri | Projects Due 4PM | Report | |||
| 16 | 17-May Fri | Grades Posted |