The following schedule of lecture topics and reading assignments is preliminary and may be changed as the quarter progresses. Students are expected to have read the listed material before it is covered in class.

Date	Lecture Topics and Reading Assignments
Apr 3/10	Course overview. Introduction to systems architecture; Chapter 2 (Burd); Lecture 1
Apr 17	Numbering systems; Chapter 3 (Burd); Lecture 2
Apr 24	Data representation; Chapter 3 (Burd); Lecture 3
May 1	Processor technology and architecture (1); Chapter 4 (Burd); Lecture 4
May 8	Mid-term Exam, 6:10pm-8:10pm.
May 15	Data storage technology, Chapter 5 (Burd); Lecture 5
May 22	System integration and performance, Chapter 6 (Burd), Lecture 6
May 29	Improve System Performance: Interrupting, Buffering, Caching, Processing parallelism; Chapter 6 (Burd); Lectures 7 & 8
Jun 5	Operating system; Chapter 11 (Burd); Lecture 9
Jun 12	Final Exam, 7:30am-10:00pm.