Great Ideas in Computer Architecture (Machine Structures)

CS61C at UC Berkeley with Dan Garcia - Fall 2026

Lecture: Monday/Wednesday/Friday 11:00AM - 12:00PM PT, Gateway 1210
Recordings will be published to bCourses Media Gallery

Announcements: Monday, November 9

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HW: Homework 8 is due 11/10.
Project: Project 3B is due 11/20 ⚡
Midterm Part 1 Retake: Last day to test is Today 11/9
Midterm Part 2 is today - Friday! Self-reservations through PrairieTest (no slots Wednesday)! Details, scope, and a practice Midterm Part II are posted.
Quick Note: No lecture, discussion, lab, OH, or Midterm Part 2 slots on Wednesday for the holiday!

Week	Date	Lecture	Exam	Discussion	Lab	HW	Project
1	Wed 8/26	Lecture 1: Intro, Great Ideas Slides Drive Askademia
	Thu 8/27					Homework 1: Number Representation Due 9/01
	Fri 8/28	Lecture 2: Number Representation Readings: L02 Course Notes, Comparing Integer Representations Handout: Binary, Negation and Zeroes, Increments and Monotonicity, The Thrilling Conclusion! Slides Drive Askademia			Lab 0: Intro, Setup Due 9/03
2	Mon 8/31	Lecture 3: C Intro - Basics Readings: L03 Notes Slides Drive Askademia		Discussion 1: Number Rep Precheck Precheck Sols Worksheet Solutions Resources Videos (SP24)
	Tue 9/1
	Wed 9/2	Lecture 4: C Intro - Pointers, Arrays, Strings Readings: L04 Notes Slides Drive Askademia			Lab 1: C Due 9/08	Homework 2: C Due 9/12
	Thu 9/3
	Fri 9/4	Lecture 5: C Memory Management Readings: L05 Notes Slides Drive Askademia
3	Mon 9/7	No Lecture: Holiday
	Tue 9/8			Discussion 2: C & Memory Management Precheck Precheck Sols Worksheet Solutions Resources Videos (SP24)	Lab 2: C Debugging Due 9/15		Project 1: snek Due 9/20
	Wed 9/9	Lecture 6: C Generics Readings: L06 Notes Slides Drive Askademia
	Thu 9/10
	Fri 9/11	Lecture 7: C Abstract Data Types Readings: L07 Notes, IEC Prefixes Notes Slides Drive Askademia
4	Mon 9/14	Lecture 8: Floating Point Readings: L08 Notes, IEEE 754 Simulator, Floating-Point Numbers, Floating-Point Numbers: Examples & Special Numbers, Floating-Point Number Line Slides Drive Askademia		Discussion 3: C, Floating Point, IEC Precheck Precheck Sols Worksheet Solutions Resources Videos (SP24)		Homework 3: C, Floating Point Warm Up Due 9/22
	Tue 9/15
	Wed 9/16	Lecture 9: RISC-V Basics Readings: L09 Notes Slides Drive Askademia	Quest: 9/16-9/18 Due 9/18		Lab 3: RISC-V, Venus Due 9/22
	Thu 9/17
	Fri 9/18	Lecture 10: RISC-V Data Transfer Readings: L10 Notes Slides Drive Askademia
5	Mon 9/21	Lecture 11: RISC-V Decision Making Readings: L11 Notes Slides Drive Askademia		Discussion 4: RISC-V Precheck Worksheet Solutions Resources Videos (SP24)			Project 2: CS61Classify A: Due 9/25 B: Due 10/08
	Tue 9/22
	Wed 9/23	Lecture 12: RISC-V Procedures Readings: L12 Notes Slides Drive Askademia				Homework 4: RISC-V Due 10/02
	Thu 9/24		Quest Retake: 9/24-9/25 Due 9/25
	Fri 9/25	Lecture 13: RISC-V Instruction Formats I Readings: L13 Notes Slides Drive Askademia	Quest Retake: 9/24-9/25 Due 9/25
6	Mon 9/28	Lecture 14: RISC-V Instruction Formats II Readings: L14 Notes Slides Drive Askademia		Discussion 5: RISC-V Calling Convention Precheck Precheck Sols Worksheet Solutions Resources Videos (SP24)
	Tue 9/29
	Wed 9/30	Lecture 15: Compiler, Assembler, Linker, Loader Readings: L15 Notes Slides Drive Askademia			Lab 4: RISC-V Calling Convention Due 10/06
	Thu 10/1
	Fri 10/2	Lecture 16: Intro to SDS Readings: L16 Notes Slides Drive Askademia
7	Mon 10/5	Lecture 17: Combinational Logic Readings: L17 Notes Slides Drive Askademia		Discussion 6: Instruction Translation, CALL Precheck Precheck Sols Worksheet Solutions Resources Videos (SP24)		Homework 5: CALL, SDS Due 10/13
	Tue 10/6
	Wed 10/7	Lecture 18: State Readings: L18 Notes Slides Drive Askademia
	Thu 10/8
	Fri 10/9	Lecture 19: Blocks and ALU Readings: SDS Blocks Notes, Adder Subtractor Notes Slides Drive Askademia					Project 3: CS61CPU A: Due 10/21 B: Due 11/20
8	Mon 10/12	Lecture 20: RISC-V Single-Cycle Datapath I Readings: Datapath Notes Slides Drive Askademia		Discussion 7: Boolean Algebra, SDS, FSM Precheck Precheck Sols Worksheet Solutions Resources Videos (SP24)
	Tue 10/13
	Wed 10/14	Lecture 21: RISC-V Single-Cycle Datapath II Readings: Datapath II Notes Slides Drive Askademia			Lab 5: Logisim Due 10/20	Homework 6: RISC-V Single-Cycle Datapath Due 10/20
	Thu 10/15
	Fri 10/16	Lecture 22: RISC-V Single-Cycle Control Readings: Control Notes Slides Drive Askademia
9	Mon 10/19	Lecture 23: RISC-V 5-Stage Pipeline I Readings: Pipeline I Notes Slides Drive Askademia		Discussion 8: Datapath Precheck Precheck Sols Worksheet Solutions Resources Videos (SP24)
	Tue 10/20
	Wed 10/21	Lecture 24: RISC-V 5-Stage Pipeline II - Hazards Readings: Pipeline II Notes Slides Drive Askademia				Homework 7: RISC-V 5-Stage Pipeline Due 10/30
	Thu 10/22
	Fri 10/23	Lecture 25: RISC-V 5-Stage Pipeline III - Hazards, Continued Readings: Pipeline III Notes Slides Drive Askademia
10	Mon 10/26	Lecture 26: Caches I: Performance Readings: Caches I Notes Slides Drive Askademia		Discussion 9: Pipelining, Hazards Precheck Precheck Sols Worksheet Solutions Resources Videos (SP24)
	Tue 10/27
	Wed 10/28	Lecture 27: Caches II Readings: Caches II Notes Slides Drive Askademia	Midterm Part 1: 10/28-10/30 Due 10/30		Lab 6: CPU, Pipelining Due 11/03
	Thu 10/29
	Fri 10/30	Lecture 28: Caches III Readings: Caches III Notes Slides Drive Askademia
11	Mon 11/2	Lecture 29: Caches IV Readings: Caches IV Notes Slides Drive Askademia	Midterm Part 1 Retake: 11/2-11/3 Due 11/03	Discussion 10: Caches Precheck Precheck Sols Worksheet Solutions Resources Videos (SP24)		Homework 8: Hardware Performance, Caching Due 11/10
	Tue 11/3		Midterm Part 1 Retake: 11/2-11/3 Due 11/03
	Wed 11/4	Lecture 30: Parallelism I - Performance, Amdahl's Law Readings: OpenMP Summary Card, Performance Programming Notes Slides Drive Askademia
	Thu 11/5
	Fri 11/6	Lecture 31: Parallelism II - SIMD Readings: SIMD, DLP Notes Slides Drive
12	Mon 11/9	Lecture 32: Parallelism III - TLP Readings: MIMD, TLP Notes Slides Drive	Midterm Part 2: 11/9-11/13 Due 11/13	Discussion 11: Parallelism
	Tue 11/10			Discussion 11: Parallelism
	Wed 11/11	No Lecture: Holiday				Homework 9: Parallelism Due 11/17
	Thu 11/12
	Fri 11/13	Lecture 33: Parallelism IV - Concurrency
13	Mon 11/16	Lecture 34: Parallelism V - MIMD		Discussion 12: More Parallelism, VM
	Tue 11/17
	Wed 11/18	Lecture 35: [Guest Lecture] - Parallelism VI			Lab 7: Parallelism Due 11/24	Homework 10: Virtual Memory Due 12/01
	Thu 11/19		Midterm Part 2 Retake: 11/19-11/20 Due 11/20
	Fri 11/20	Lecture 36: Virtual Memory I	Midterm Part 2 Retake: 11/19-11/20 Due 11/20
14	Mon 11/23	Lecture 37: Virtual Memory II
	Tue 11/24
	Wed 11/25	No Lecture: Holiday
	Thu 11/26
	Fri 11/27	No Lecture: Holiday
15	Mon 11/30	Lecture 38: [Guest Lecture] - Saving the World with Computing - Kathy Yelick		Discussion 13: Virtual Memory
	Tue 12/1
	Wed 12/2	Lecture 39: [Guest Lecture] - Dave Patterson			OPTIONAL: Lab 8 / Project 4: 61kaChow Due 12/14
	Thu 12/3
	Fri 12/4	Lecture 40: Summary, What's Next?
16	Mon 12/7	RRR Week
	Tue 12/8	RRR Week
	Wed 12/9	RRR Week
	Thu 12/10	RRR Week
	Fri 12/11	RRR Week
17	Mon 12/14	Final: 11:30AM-2:30PM PT	Final Exam: 12/14 11:30AM - 2:30PM PT Due 12/14