If you have any conceptual questions, are worried about your grade, or noticed a recitation attendance error, please email me at yczeng@mit.edu.

Recitations (2021)

• L1 - Introduction and Binary Representation: Notes
• L2 - Introduction to Assembly and RISC-V: Notes
• L3 - Compiling Code and Implementing Procedures: Notes, Callee vs. Caller registers?
• L4 - Procedures, Stacks, and MMIO: Notes
• L5 - The Digital Abstraction: Notes
• L6 - Boolean Algebra and Logic Synthesis: Notes
• L07 - CMOS Technology: Notes
• L08 - Combinational Logic and Introduction to Minispec: Notes
• L09 - Complex Combinational Logic
• L10 - Sequential Circuits
• L11 - Implementing Sequential Circuits in Minispec
• L12- Arithmetic Pipelines
• L13 - Design Tradeoffs: Notes
• L14 - RISC-V Processor
• L15 - Memory Hierarchy
• L16 - Caches
• L17 - OS
• L18 - Virtual Memory
• L19 - Pipelined Processors
• L20 - Pipelined Processors 2

Recitations (2020)

• L10 - Sequential Circuits
• L11 - Sequential Circuits in Minispec
• L11B - Sequential Circuits in Minispec2
• L12 - Introduction to Pipelining
• L13 - Design Tradeoffs in Sequential Circuits
• L14 - RISC-V Processor
• L15 - Memory Hierarchy
• L16 - Caches

Other

• Lab6 IMMJ

Grade Calculations

Grade cutoffs:

• A Points ≥ 165
• B Points ≥ 145
• C Points ≥ 125
• F Points < 125 or not all labs complete

Points:

• seven laboratory exercises (80 points)
• lecture questions and recitation participation (10 points)
• three quizzes (90 points)
• an open-ended optional design project (20 points)

Assuming perfect labs and participation points, for an A, need 74.5 points:

• [80 + 10] + ** + ** = 164.5

If you get a 20 on the design lab, you need:

• 74.5 - 20 = 54.5 points from quizzes.
• This is a 54.5 / 90 = 60.5 average score.

If you get a 13 on the design lab, you need:

• 74.5 - 13 = 61.5 points from quizzes.
• That is 61.5 / 90 = 68.33 average score.

If you get a 0 on the design lab, you need:

• 74.5 points from quizzes.
• That is a 82.78 average score.