1 COMP541 Wrap Up Montek Singh Apr 24, 2015

Conclusion of this course  What did we learn this semester? Combinational logic Combinational logic Sequential logic, finite-state machines Sequential logic, finite-state machines Basic building blocks Basic building blocks  registers, counters, adders, subtractors, ALUs  memories, and memory-mapped I/O  controllers, encoders, decoders Hardware Description Language: Verilog Hardware Description Language: Verilog  hierarchical design  display interfaces, input devices, debouncing CPUs CPUs  single-cycle, multicycle  pipelining, hazards, forwarding, stalling  Built an entire MIPS CPU! 2

Timeline  Quiz #3 solutions: let’s discuss now solutions: let’s discuss now graded quizzes will be available later today (see ) graded quizzes will be available later today (see )  Homework #3 solutions solutions will be available later today (see ) solutions will be available later today (see ) grading will take a couple of days grading will take a couple of days  Mon Apr 27, 8-11am: Final Exam Everything we studied this semester is included Everything we studied this semester is included But: greater emphasis on post-midterm material But: greater emphasis on post-midterm material  flip-flop timing, memories, arithmetic  single-cycle/multi-cycle and pipelined MIPS  final project 3

Timeline (contd.)  Tue Apr 28, 11am-4pm & Wed Apr 29, 11am-2pm: Office Hours (Montek) Please see me if you have missing/incorrect scores for labs, homework, quizzes, etc. Please see me if you have missing/incorrect scores for labs, homework, quizzes, etc.  Thu Apr 30: Final grades posted 4

Where to go from here?  What kind of job-related skills did you learn from your exposure to this course?  More advanced courses? graduate-level computer architecture (Comp740) graduate-level computer architecture (Comp740) 5

Feedback from you!  Please fill out the reviews online  Welcome to give me direct feedback as well 6