CSCI 463-01 System Architecture
Fall 2007 Syllabus - Tentative & Subject to Change
DateTopicReading
Aug. 28Introduction
History
Ch. 1 Aug. 30History
Numbers
Ch. 1
Sep. 04Data
Representation
Characters
Ch. 2 Sep. 06Integer Data
& Math
Ch. 2
Sep. 11Floating-Point
Numbers
Ch. 2 Sep. 13Digital MathCh. 3
Sep. 18Digital Math Ch. 3 Sep. 20Boolean
Algebra
Appendix A
Sep. 25Logic CircuitsAppendix A Sep. 27Digital Math
Micro-architecture
Ch. 3, 5
Oct. 02Micro-
architecture
CPU
Ch. 5 Oct. 04Test 
Oct. 09Instruction Set
Architecture
Ch. 4
Web
Oct. 11ISA Address
 Modes
Ch. 4
Web
Oct. 16SimulatorCh. 4
Web
Oct. 18SimulatorCh. 4
Web
Oct. 23MemoryCh. 6
Web
Oct. 25MemoryCh. 6
Web
Oct. 30CachingWeb
Nov. 01CachingWeb
Nov. 06Secondary StorageCh. 7
Web
Nov. 08Secondary StorageCh. 7
Web
Nov. 13Filesystems
& OSes
Web Nov. 15Test 
Nov. 20Virtual MemoryCh. 7
Web
Nov. 22Virtual Memory
& I/O
Ch. 8
Web
Nov. 27BusesCh. 7
Web
Nov. 29Thanksgiving
No classes
Read the book
Dec. 03Data TransmissionCh. 9
Web
Dec. 05Data TransmissionCh. 9
Web
Dec 11
436-01 Final
4-5:30PM