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Great Ideas in Computer Architecture (Machine Structures)

CS61C at UC Berkeley with Dan Garcia - Fall 2025

Lecture: Monday/Wednesday/Friday 10:00AM - 11:00AM PT, Stanley 105
Recordings will be published to bCourses Media Gallery

Week	Date	Lecture	Discussion	Lab	HW	Project
1	Wed 8/27	Lecture 1: Intro, Great Ideas Slides Video		Lab 0: Intro, Setup Due 9/02
	Thu 8/28				Homework 1: Number Representation Due 9/02
	Fri 8/29	Lecture 2: Number Representation Readings: Comparing Integer Representations Handout: Binary, Negation and Zeroes, Increments and Monotonicity, The Thrilling Conclusion! Slides Drive Video
2	Mon 9/1	No Lecture: Holiday
	Tue 9/2		Discussion 1: Number Rep Precheck Precheck Sols Worksheet Solutions Resources
	Wed 9/3	Lecture 3: C Intro - Basics Slides Drive Video		Lab 1: C Due 9/09	Homework 2: C Due 9/09	Project 1: snek Due 9/19
	Thu 9/4
	Fri 9/5	Lecture 4: C Intro - Pointers, Arrays, Strings Slides Video
3	Mon 9/8	Lecture 5: C Memory Management Slides Drive Video	Discussion 2: C & Memory Management Precheck Precheck Sols Worksheet Solutions Resources Videos (SP24)
	Tue 9/9
	Wed 9/10	Lecture 6: C Generics Slides Video		Lab 2: C Debugging Due 9/11	Homework 3: C, RISC-V, Floating Point Warm Up Due 9/23
	Thu 9/11			Lab 2: C Debugging Due 9/11
	Fri 9/12	Lecture 7: C Abstract Data Types Slides Drive Video
4	Mon 9/15	Lecture 8: Floating Point Slides Video	Discussion 3: Floating Point Precheck Precheck Sols Worksheet Solutions Resources Videos (SP24)
	Tue 9/16
	Wed 9/17	Lecture 9: RISC-V Basics Slides Video		Lab 3: RISC-V, Venus Due 9/19
	Thu 9/18
	Fri 9/19	Lecture 10: RISC-V Data Transfer Slides Drive Video
5	Mon 9/22	Lecture 11: RISC-V Decision Making Slides Video	Discussion 4: RISC-V Precheck Worksheet Solutions Resources Videos (SP24)			Project 2: CS61Classify A: Due 9/25 B: Due 10/09
	Tue 9/23
	Wed 9/24	Lecture 12: RISC-V Procedures Slides Drive Video			Homework 4: RISC-V Due 10/03
	Thu 9/25
	Fri 9/26	Lecture 13: RISC-V Instruction Formats I Slides Video
6	Mon 9/29	Lecture 14: RISC-V Instruction Formats II Slides Video	Discussion 5: RISC-V Calling Conventions Precheck Precheck Sols Worksheet Solutions Resources Videos (SP24)
	Tue 9/30
	Wed 10/1	Lecture 15: Compiler, Assembler, Linker, Loader Slides Video		Lab 4: RISC-V Calling Convention Due 10/02
	Thu 10/2			Lab 4: RISC-V Calling Convention Due 10/02
	Fri 10/3	Lecture 16: Intro to SDS Slides Video
7	Mon 10/6	Lecture 17: Combinational Logic Slides Video	Discussion 6: Instruction Translation, CALL Precheck Precheck Sols Worksheet Solutions Resources Videos (SP24)		Homework 5: CALL, SDS Due 10/14
	Tue 10/7
	Wed 10/8	Lecture 18: State Slides Video
	Thu 10/9
	Fri 10/10	Lecture 19: Blocks and ALU Slides Video				Project 3: CS61CPU A: Due 10/22 B: Due 11/06
8	Mon 10/13	Lecture 20: RISC-V Single-Cycle Datapath I Slides Drive Video	Discussion 7: Boolean Algebra, SDS, FSM Precheck Precheck Sols Worksheet Solutions Resources Videos (SP24)
	Tue 10/14			Lab 5: Logisim Due 10/16
	Wed 10/15	Lecture 21: RISC-V Single-Cycle Datapath II Slides Drive Video			Homework 6: RISC-V Single-Cycle Datapath Due 10/21
	Thu 10/16
	Fri 10/17	Lecture 22: RISC-V Single-Cycle Control Slides Drive Video
9	Mon 10/20	Lecture 23: RISC-V 5-Stage Pipeline I Slides	Discussion 8: Datapath Precheck Precheck Sols Worksheet Solutions Resources Videos (SP24)
	Tue 10/21
	Wed 10/22	Lecture 24: RISC-V 5-Stage Pipeline II Slides			Homework 7: RISC-V 5-Stage Pipeline Due 11/02
	Thu 10/23
	Fri 10/24	Lecture 25: RISC-V 5-Stage Pipeline III Slides
10	Mon 10/27	Lecture 26: Caches I + Midterm 7-9pm Slides
	Tue 10/28
	Wed 10/29	Lecture 27: Caches II Slides		Lab 6: CPU, Pipelining Due 10/30
	Thu 10/30			Lab 6: CPU, Pipelining Due 10/30
	Fri 10/31	Lecture 28: Caches III Slides
11	Mon 11/3	Lecture 29: Caches IV Slides	Discussion 9: Pipelining, Hazards Precheck Precheck Sols Worksheet Solutions Resources Videos (SP24)		Homework 8: Hardware Performance, Caching Due 11/11
	Tue 11/4
	Wed 11/5	Lecture 30: Parallelism I - Intro Slides
	Thu 11/6
	Fri 11/7	Lecture 31: Parallelism II - SIMD Slides
12	Mon 11/10	Lecture 32: Parallelism III - TLP Slides Drive	Discussion 10: Caches Precheck Precheck Sols Worksheet Solutions Resources Videos (SP24)
	Tue 11/11
	Wed 11/12	Lecture 33: Parallelism IV - Concurrency Slides			Homework 9: Parallelism Due 11/18
	Thu 11/13
	Fri 11/14	Lecture 34: Parallelism V - Distributed Computing and MapReduce
13	Mon 11/17	Lecture 35: Virtual Memory I	Discussion 11: Parallelism
	Tue 11/18		Discussion 11: Parallelism
	Wed 11/19	Lecture 36: Virtual Memory II		Lab 7: Parallelism Due 11/20	Homework 10 Due 12/02
	Thu 11/20			Lab 7: Parallelism Due 11/20
	Fri 11/21	Lecture 37: Apple GPU Guest Lecture
14	Mon 11/24	[HW Only]: MapReduce	Discussion 12: Parallelism, Virtual Memory
	Tue 11/25		Discussion 12: Parallelism, Virtual Memory
	Wed 11/26	No Lecture: Holiday
	Thu 11/27
	Fri 11/28	No Lecture: Holiday
15	Mon 12/1	[HW Only] Lecture 38: Guest Lecture
	Tue 12/2
	Wed 12/3	Lecture 40: Guest Lecture		Lab 8: 61kaChow Due 12/04
	Thu 12/4			Lab 8: 61kaChow Due 12/04
	Fri 12/5	Lecture 41: Summary, What's Next?
16	Tue 12/9	RRR Week
	Wed 12/10	RRR Week
	Thu 12/11	RRR Week
	Fri 12/12	RRR Week
	Sat 12/13	RRR Week
17	Mon 12/15	Final: 8-11AM PT