Great Ideas in Computer Architecture (Machine Structures)

CS 61C at UC Berkeley with Lisa Yan - Spring 2025

Lecture: Monday/Wednesday/Friday 3:00PM - 4:00PM PT, Valley Life Sciences 2050
Recordings will be published to bCourses Media Gallery

Week	Date	Lecture	Discussion	Lab	HW	Project
1	Tue 1/21			Lab 0: Intro, Setup Due 1/27
	Wed 1/22	Lecture 1: Intro, Great Ideas Slides
	Thu 1/23
	Fri 1/24	Lecture 2: Number Representation Readings: Course Policies, P&H:2-4, Binary Slides Slides
2	Mon 1/27	Lecture 3: C Intro - Basics Readings: K&R 1-5, C Reference Slides, Brian Harvey's Intro to C Slides Drive	Discussion 1: C, Number Rep Worksheet Solutions Resources		Homework 1 Due 1/30
	Tue 1/28
	Wed 1/29	Lecture 4: C Intro - Pointers, Arrays, Strings Readings: K&R 5-6 Slides		Lab 1: C Due 1/30
	Thu 1/30
	Fri 1/31	Lecture 5: C Memory Management Readings: K&R 7.8.5, 8.7 Slides Drive
3	Mon 2/3	Lecture 6: C Generics Readings: K&R 7.8.5, 8.7 Slides Drive	Discussion 2: C Precheck Precheck Sols Worksheet Solutions Resources		Homework 2 Due 2/04	Project 1: snek Due 2/13
	Tue 2/4
	Wed 2/5	Lecture 7: Floating Point Readings: IEEE 754 Simulator Slides		Lab 2: C Debugging Due 2/06
	Thu 2/6
	Fri 2/7	Lecture 8: RISC-V Basics Readings: P&H 2.1-2.3 Slides
4	Mon 2/10	Lecture 9: RISC-V Data Transfer Readings: P&H 2.9, 2.10 Slides	Discussion 3: Floating Point / RISC-V Precheck Precheck Sols Worksheet Solutions Resources
	Tue 2/11
	Wed 2/12	Lecture 10: RISC-V Decision Making Readings: P&H 2.6, 2.7, 3.2 Slides		Lab 3: RISC-V, Venus Due 2/13
	Thu 2/13
	Fri 2/14	Lecture 11: RISC-V Procedures Readings: P&H 2.8 Slides Drive				Project 2: CS61Classify A: Due 2/20 B: Due 3/06
5	Mon 2/17	No lecture: Holiday			Homework 3 Due 2/18
	Tue 2/18		Discussion 4: RISC-V Calling Convention Precheck Precheck Sols Worksheet Solutions Resources
	Wed 2/19	Lecture 12: RISC-V Instruction Formats I Readings: P&H 2.5, 2.10 Slides
	Thu 2/20
	Fri 2/21	Lecture 13: RISC-V Instruction Formats II Readings: P&H 2.5, 2.10 Slides
6	Mon 2/24	Lecture 14: Caches I Readings: P&H 5.1-5.4, 5.8, 5.9, 5.13, Cache Flowchart Slides	Discussion 5: RISC-V ISA, AMAT Precheck Precheck Sols Worksheet Solutions Resources		Homework 4 Due 2/25
	Tue 2/25
	Wed 2/26	Lecture 15: Caches II Readings: P&H 5.1-5.4, 5.8, 5.9, 5.13, Cache Flowchart Slides		Lab 4: RISC-V Calling Convention Due 3/03
	Thu 2/27
	Fri 2/28	Lecture 16: Caches III Readings: P&H 5.1-5.4, 5.8, 5.9, 5.13, Cache Flowchart Slides
7	Mon 3/3	Lecture 17: Caches IV Readings: P&H 5.2, 5.5, 5.11 Slides	Discussion 6: Caches Precheck Precheck Sols Worksheet Solutions Resources
	Tue 3/4
	Wed 3/5	Lecture 18: Compiler, Assembler, Linker, Loader Readings: P&H 2.12 Slides
	Thu 3/6
	Fri 3/7	Lecture 19: SDS I Readings: SDS Handout Slides				Project 3: CS61CPU A: Due 4/03 B: Due 4/17
8	Mon 3/10	Lecture 20: SDS II Readings: Blocks Handout Slides	Discussion 7: CALL, Boolean Algebra Precheck Precheck Sols Worksheet Solutions Resources		Homework 5 Due 3/11
	Tue 3/11
	Wed 3/12	Lecture 21: SDS III Readings: P&H A.3-A.6, State Handout Slides
	Thu 3/13
	Fri 3/14	Lecture 22: SDS IV Readings: P&H 4.8, 4.10 Slides
9	Mon 3/17	No lecture
	Tue 3/18	Midterm 7-9PM PT
	Wed 3/19	Lecture 23: RISC-V Single-Cycle Datapath I Readings: P&H 4.1, 4.3 Slides Drive		Lab 5: Logisim Due 3/20
	Thu 3/20
	Fri 3/21	Lecture 24: RISC-V Single-Cycle Datapath II Readings: P&H 4.4 Slides Drive
10	Mon 3/24	No lecture: Holiday
	Tue 3/25	No lecture: Holiday
	Wed 3/26	No lecture: Holiday
	Thu 3/27	No lecture: Holiday
	Fri 3/28	No lecture: Holiday
11	Mon 3/31	Lecture 25: RISC-V Single-Cycle Control Logic Readings: P&H 4.4, 4.5 Slides Drive	Discussion 8: SDS, Single-Cycle Datapath Precheck Precheck Sols Worksheet Solutions Resources		Homework 6 Due 4/01
	Tue 4/1
	Wed 4/2	Lecture 26: RISC-V 5-Stage Pipeline I Readings: P&H 4.6, 4.7, 4.8 Slides
	Thu 4/3
	Fri 4/4	Lecture 27: RISC-V 5-Stage Pipeline II Readings: P&H 4.8, 4.10 Slides
12	Mon 4/7	Lecture 28: RISC-V 5-Stage Pipeline III - Hazards Readings: P&H 4.8, 4.10 Slides	Discussion 9: Pipelining, Hazards Precheck Precheck Sols Worksheet Solutions Resources		Homework 7 Due 4/08
	Tue 4/8
	Wed 4/9	Lecture 29: Parallelism I - Intro Readings: P&H 1.7, 1.8, 2.11, 4.10, 4.11, 5.10, 6.1-6.3, 6.5, 6.7 Slides		Lab 6: CPU, Pipelining Due 4/10
	Thu 4/10
	Fri 4/11	Lecture 30: Parallelism II - SIMD Readings: P&H 1.7, 1.8, 2.11, 4.10, 4.11, 5.10, 6.1-6.3, 6.5, 6.7 Slides
13	Mon 4/14	Lecture 31: Parallelism III - TLP Readings: P&H 1.7, 1.8, 2.11, 4.10, 4.11, 5.10, 6.1-6.3, 6.5, 6.7 Slides Drive	Discussion 10: Performance, DLP Precheck Precheck Sols Worksheet Solutions Resources
	Tue 4/15
	Wed 4/16	Lecture 32: Parallelism IV - Concurrency Readings: P&H 1.7, 1.8, 2.11, 4.10, 4.11, 5.10, 6.1-6.3, 6.5, 6.7 Slides
	Thu 4/17
	Fri 4/18	Lecture 33: Parallelism V - MIMD Architectures Slides			Homework 8 Due 4/25
14	Mon 4/21	Lecture 34: Virtual Memory I Slides	Discussion 11: Thread-Level Parallelism Precheck Precheck Sols Worksheet Solutions Resources
	Tue 4/22
	Wed 4/23	Lecture 35: Virtual Memory II Slides		Lab 7: Parallelism Due 4/28
	Thu 4/24
	Fri 4/25	Lecture 36: OS Basics Slides
15	Mon 4/28	Lecture 37: [Guest Lecture] Justin Hensley, Apple	Discussion 12: Virtual Memory Precheck Precheck Sols Worksheet Resources		Homework 9 Due 5/02
	Tue 4/29
	Wed 4/30	Lecture 38: [Guest Lecture] Dave Patterson Slides		Lab 8: CS61kaChow Due 5/01
	Thu 5/1
	Fri 5/2	Lecture 39: Summary, What's Next? Slides
16	Mon 5/5	RRR Week
	Tue 5/6	RRR Week
	Wed 5/7	RRR Week
	Thu 5/8	RRR Week
	Fri 5/9	RRR Week
17	Mon 5/12
	Tue 5/13
	Wed 5/14	Final (7-10PM PT)