Great Ideas in Computer Architecture (Machine Structures)

CS61C at UC Berkeley with Lisa Yan - Spring 2026

Lecture: Monday/Wednesday/Friday 11:00AM - 12:00PM PT, Evans 10
Recordings will be published to bCourses Media Gallery

Week	Date	Lecture	Discussion	Lab	HW	Project
1	Wed 1/21	Lecture 1: Intro, Great Ideas Slides Drive Video		Lab 0: Intro, Setup Due 1/27
	Thu 1/22				Homework 1: Number Representation Due 1/29
	Fri 1/23	Lecture 2: Number Representation Readings: L02 Notes Slides Drive Video
2	Mon 1/26	Lecture 3: C Intro - Basics Readings: L03 Notes Slides Drive Video	Discussion 1: Number Rep Precheck Precheck Sols Worksheet Solutions Resources Videos (SP24)
	Tue 1/27
	Wed 1/28	Lecture 4: C Intro - Pointers, Arrays, Strings Readings: L04 Notes Slides Drive Video		Lab 1: C Due 1/31
	Thu 1/29
	Fri 1/30	Lecture 5: C Memory Management Readings: L05 Notes Slides Drive Video			Homework 2: C Due 2/05
3	Mon 2/2	Lecture 6: C Odds and Ends Readings: L06 Notes Slides Drive Video	Discussion 2: C & Memory Management Precheck Precheck Sols Worksheet Solutions Resources Videos (SP24)			Project 1: snek Due 2/12
	Tue 2/3
	Wed 2/4	Lecture 7: IEC, C Generics Readings: L07 Notes, IEC Prefixes Notes Slides Drive Video		Lab 2: C Debugging Due 2/05
	Thu 2/5
	Fri 2/6	Lecture 8: Floating Point Readings: L08 Notes, IEEE 754 Simulator Slides Drive Video			Homework 3: C, Floating Point Warm Up Due 2/17
4	Mon 2/9	Lecture 9: RISC-V Basics Readings: L09 Notes Slides Drive Video	Discussion 3: C, Floating Point, IEC Precheck Precheck Sols Worksheet Solutions Resources Videos (SP24)
	Tue 2/10
	Wed 2/11	Lecture 10: RISC-V Data Transfer Readings: L10 Notes Slides Drive Video		Lab 3: RISC-V, Venus Due 2/12
	Thu 2/12
	Fri 2/13	Lecture 11: RISC-V Decision Making Readings: L11 Notes Slides Drive Video				Project 2: CS61Classify A: Due 2/26 B: Due 3/05
5	Mon 2/16	No Lecture: Holiday
	Tue 2/17		Discussion 4: RISC-V Precheck Worksheet Solutions Resources Videos (SP24)	Lab 4: RISC-V Calling Convention Due 2/24
	Wed 2/18	Lecture 12: RISC-V Procedures & Quest (2/18-2/20) Readings: L12 Notes Slides Drive Video			Homework 4: RISC-V Due 3/03
	Thu 2/19	Quest (2/18-2/20)
	Fri 2/20	Lecture 13: RISC-V Instruction Formats I & Quest (2/18-2/20) Readings: L13 Notes Slides Drive Video
6	Mon 2/23	Lecture 14: RISC-V Instruction Formats II Readings: L14 Notes Slides Drive Video	Discussion 5: RISC-V Calling Convention Precheck Precheck Sols Worksheet Solutions Resources Videos (SP24)
	Tue 2/24
	Wed 2/25	Lecture 15: Compiler, Assembler, Linker, Loader Readings: L15 Notes Slides Drive Video
	Thu 2/26
	Fri 2/27	Lecture 16: Intro to SDS Readings: L16 Notes Slides Drive Video
7	Mon 3/2	Lecture 17: Combinational Logic Readings: L17 Notes Slides Drive Video	Discussion 6: Instruction Translation, CALL Precheck Precheck Sols Worksheet Solutions Resources Videos (SP24)
	Tue 3/3
	Wed 3/4	Lecture 18: State Readings: L18 Notes Slides Video			Homework 5: CALL, SDS Due 3/10
	Thu 3/5
	Fri 3/6	Lecture 19: FSM, Blocks Readings: L19 Notes Slides Drive Video				Project 3: CS61CPU A: Due 3/20 B: Due 4/09
8	Mon 3/9	Lecture 20: ALU: Adder/Subtractor Readings: L20 Notes Slides Drive Video	Discussion 7: Boolean Algebra, SDS, FSM Precheck Precheck Sols Worksheet Solutions Resources Videos (SP24)
	Tue 3/10
	Wed 3/11	Lecture 21: RISC-V Single-Cycle Datapath I Readings: Datapath Notes Slides Drive Video		Lab 5: Logisim Due 3/12	Homework 6: RISC-V Single-Cycle Datapath Due 3/31
	Thu 3/12
	Fri 3/13	Lecture 22: RISC-V Single-Cycle Datapath II Readings: Datapath Notes Slides Drive Video
9	Mon 3/16	Lecture 23: RISC-V Control, Instruction Timing Readings: Control Notes, Instruction Timing Notes Slides Drive Video	Discussion 8: Datapath Precheck Precheck Sols Worksheet Solutions Resources Videos (SP24)
	Tue 3/17	Midterm: 8-10PM PT
	Wed 3/18	Lecture 24: RISC-V 5-Stage Pipeline I Readings: Pipeline I Notes Slides Drive Video
	Thu 3/19
	Fri 3/20	Lecture 25: RISC-V 5-Stage Pipeline II Slides Drive Video			Homework 7: RISC-V 5-Stage Pipeline Due 4/03
10	Mon 3/23	No Lecture: Holiday
	Tue 3/24	No Lecture: Holiday
	Wed 3/25	No Lecture: Holiday
	Thu 3/26	No Lecture: Holiday
	Fri 3/27	No Lecture: Holiday
11	Mon 3/30	Lecture 26: Caches I: Performance Readings: Caches I Notes Slides Drive Video	Discussion 9: Pipelining, Hazards Precheck Precheck Sols Worksheet Solutions Resources Videos (SP24)
	Tue 3/31
	Wed 4/1	Lecture 27: Caches II Readings: Caches II Notes Slides Drive Video		Lab 6: CPU, Pipelining Due 4/02
	Thu 4/2
	Fri 4/3	Lecture 28: Caches II, cont. Readings: Caches II Notes Slides Drive Video			Homework 8: Hardware Performance, Caching Due 4/14
12	Mon 4/6	Lecture 29: Caches III Readings: Caches III Notes Slides Drive Video	Discussion 10: Caches Precheck Precheck Sols Worksheet Solutions Resources Videos (SP24)
	Tue 4/7
	Wed 4/8	Lecture 30: Parallelism I - Intro Slides Drive Video
	Thu 4/9
	Fri 4/10	Lecture 31: Parallelism II - SIMD Slides Drive Video
13	Mon 4/13	Lecture 32: Parallelism III - TLP Slides Drive Video	Discussion 11: Parallelism Precheck Precheck Sols Worksheet Solutions Resources Videos (SP24)
	Tue 4/14
	Wed 4/15	Lecture 33: Parallelism IV - Concurrency		Lab 7: Parallelism Due 4/16	Homework 9: Parallelism Due 4/23
	Thu 4/16
	Fri 4/17	Lecture 34: Parallelism V - MIMD Architectures
14	Mon 4/20	Lecture 35: Virtual Memory I	Discussion 12: More Parallelism
	Tue 4/21
	Wed 4/22	Lecture 36: Virtual Memory II		TBD: Lab 8 / Project 4: 61kaChow Due 4/23
	Thu 4/23
	Fri 4/24	Lecture 37: Lecture 37: OS Basics			Homework 10: Virtual Memory Due 4/30
15	Mon 4/27	[Lec Only]: Guest Lecture	Discussion 13: Virtual Memory
	Tue 4/28
	Wed 4/29	Lecture 39: Guest Lecture
	Thu 4/30
	Fri 5/1	Lecture 40: Summary, What's Next?
16	Mon 5/4	RRR Week
	Tue 5/5	RRR Week
	Wed 5/6	RRR Week
	Thu 5/7	RRR Week
	Fri 5/8	RRR Week
17	Mon 5/11
	Tue 5/12	Final: 7-10PM PT