Cornell University
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
ECE 2300 / ENGRD 2300
Digital Logic and Computer Organization
Fall 2024
Prof. Christopher Batten
Tue/Thu @ 11:40–12:55pm • 155 Olin Hall
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| Tue | Aug 27 | Lecture | Course Overview |
| Thu | Aug 29 | Lecture | Topic 1: Digital Circuits |
| Fri | Aug 30 | Section | Linux Development Environment |
| Tue | Sep 3 | Lecture | Topic 2: Combinational Logic Gates |
| Thu | Sep 5 | Lecture | — Topic 2: Continued |
| Fri | Sep 6 | Section | Verilog Combinational Gate-Level Design |
| Tue | Sep 10 | Lecture | Topic 3: Boolean Equations |
| Thu | Sep 12 | Lecture | — Topic 3: Continued |
| Thu | Sep 12 | Due | Lab 1: Display Part A Code |
| Fri | Sep 13 | Section | Verilog Testing |
| Tue | Sep 17 | Lecture | Topic 4: Combinational Building Blocks |
| Thu | Sep 19 | Lecture | — Topic 4: Continued |
| Thu | Sep 19 | Due | Lab 1: Display Part B Code & Report |
| Fri | Sep 20 | Section | Lab 2 Head Start |
| Tue | Sep 24 | Lecture | Topic 5: Number Systems |
| Thu | Sep 26 | Lecture | Topic 6: Sequential Logic Gates |
| Thu | Sep 26 | Due | Lab 2: Calculator Part A Code |
| Fri | Sep 27 | Section | Verilog Combinational RTL Design |
| Tue | Oct 1 | Lecture | — Topic 6: Continued |
| Thu | Oct 3 | Lecture | Topic 7: Finite-State Machines |
| Thu | Oct 3 | Due | Lab 2: Calculator Part B Code |
| Due | Lab 2: Calculator Report (due three days after lab session) | ||
| Fri | Oct 4 | Section | Lab 3 Head Start |
| Tue | Oct 8 | Lecture | — Topic 7: Continued |
| Tue | Oct 8 | Exam | Prelim #1 @ 7:30–9:00pm in 101 & 219 Phillips Hall |
| Thu | Oct 10 | Lecture | Topic 8: Sequential Building Blocks |
| Fri | Oct 11 | No Section | |
| Tue | Oct 15 | Fall Break – No Lecture | |
| Thu | Oct 17 | Lecture | — Topic 8: Continued |
| Thu | Oct 17 | Due | Lab 3: Music Player Part A Code |
| Fri | Oct 18 | Section | Lab 4 Head Start |
| Tue | Oct 22 | Lecture | Topic 9: Instruction Set Architecture |
| Thu | Oct 24 | Lecture | Topic 10: Single-Cycle Processor |
| Thu | Oct 24 | Due | Lab 3: Music Player Part B Code |
| Due | Lab 3: Music Player Report (due three days after lab session) | ||
| Fri | Oct 25 | Section | Prelim Review |
| Tue | Oct 29 | Lecture | — Topic 10: Continued |
| Thu | Oct 31 | Lecture | Topic 11: Multi-Cycle Processor |
| Thu | Oct 31 | Due | Lab 4 Milestone #1 |
| Fri | Nov 1 | Section | Problem-Based Learning |
| Tue | Nov 5 | Lecture | — Topic 11: Continued |
| Tue | Nov 5 | Exam | Prelim #2 @ 7:30–9:00pm in 155 Olin Hall |
| Thu | Nov 7 | Lecture | Topic 12: Pipelined Processor |
| Thu | Nov 7 | Due | Lab 4: Milestone #2 |
| Fri | Nov 8 | Section | Verilog RTL Design |
| Tue | Nov 12 | Lecture | — Topic 12: Continued |
| Thu | Nov 14 | Lecture | — Topic 12: Continued |
| Thu | Nov 14 | Due | Lab 4: Processor Part A Code |
| Fri | Nov 15 | Section | Lab 5 Head Start |
| Tue | Nov 19 | Lecture | Topic 13: Main Memory |
| Thu | Nov 21 | Lecture | Topic 14: Virtual Memory |
| Thu | Nov 21 | Due | Lab 4: Processor Part B Code |
| Due | Lab 4: Processor Report (due three days after lab session) | ||
| Fri | Nov 22 | Section | Prelim Review |
| Tue | Nov 26 | Lecture | Topic 15: Caches |
| Thu | Nov 28 | Thanksgiving Break – No Lecture | |
| Fri | Nov 29 | Thanksgiving Break – No Section | |
| Tue | Dec 3 | Lecture | — Topic 15: Continued |
| Thu | Dec 5 | Lecture | — Topic 15: Continued |
| Thu | Dec 5 | Due | Lab 5: Assembly Code Part |
| Due | Lab 5: Assembly Report (due three days after lab session) | ||
| Fri | Dec 6 | Section | Problem-Based Learning |
| TBD | Exam | Final (time/location TBD) |