Date
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Topic
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Reading
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Assignment
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8/30, class | Chapter 1 -- Introduction to class (no labs the first week) | ||
9/1, class | Syllabus, Begin Chapter 2 | ||
9/3, class | Algebras, Bytes, and C pointers | pages 33-46 | |
9/6, lab | Lab 0 (Due 6am 9/13) | ||
9/6, class | Signed & Unsigned #s | ||
9/8, lab | Lab 0 -- Update | ||
9/8, class | Addition and Multiplication | ||
9/10, class | Floating Point | ||
9/13, lab | Lab 1 (Due 6am 9/20) Update: You may work together, but must hand in your own version of the source code and your own lab report. Please note the names of your collaborators on both. | ||
9/13, class | Rounding | 2.67, 2.83, 2.84, 2.88 (Due 6am 9/20) Solutions | |
9/15, lab | |||
9/15, class | Multiplication and Addition | ||
9/17, class | Intro to Assembly additionTest.c intTest.c | 60-64,79-90, 103-115 | |
9/20, lab | Lab 2 (Due 6am 9/27) NOTE: If you choose to work with someone else, they cannot be someone you have previously worked withon a Lab in 203. | ||
9/20, class | Memory Addressing | ||
9/22, class | lea: Your New Friend | ||
9/24, class | Conditions and Jumping | ||
9/27, lab | Lab 3 (Due next Monday by 6am) | ||
9/27, class | The Ups and Downs of Stacks | Skim 154-166, read 167-206 Response due 9/27, 6am | |
9/29, class | Jump into the Case statement | ||
10/1, class | Recursion: Like Recursion, only simpler | ||
10/4, lab | Lab 4 (Due 10/13, 6am) | ||
10/4, class | An array of ideas | Read 206-231. Response due by 6am. | |
10/6, class | Structures | ||
10/8, class | Unions and Alignment | Homework 1: 3.56, 3.58, 3.59, and 3.62. Due by 11:59pm on 10/8/10. You may not collaborate with others. Solutions | |
10/11 |
No class -- Fall Break
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10/13, lab | Review of homework problems | ||
10/13, class | End of chapter 3 Example Code shown in class | ||
10/15, class | Review | ||
10/18 |
Midterm
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10/20, lab | Bomb! | ||
10/20, class | Chalk and Talk: Boolean Algebra review | ||
10/22, class | Chalk and Talk: Diagrams and Karnaugh maps | Read 11.1 - 11.3 on Moodle. Instead of normal response, answer the following: How would you explain what the sum-of-products expansion (or disjunctive normal form) means to a freshman computer science major? Problem 6 on page 766 (parts a, b, c, and d) Due 1:10pm, Monday, 10/25 | |
10/25, class | Chalk and Talk | ||
10/29, class | Chapter 4: Y86 | Read 11.4 on Moodle (no response required). | Do exercises in 11.4: 6, 7, 14, and 15. (Due Wednesday, 11/3, by 6am). |
11/1, lab | Link: Instructions in lab. Due Monday, 11/8, 6am. | ||
11/1, class | Y86 and CISC vs. RISC | ||
11/3, class | MUX and ALU | ||
11/5, class | Simple Memory | ||
11/8, lab | Lab 7 | ||
11/8, class | Tracing Instructions through Stages | ||
11/10, class | SEQ Hardware | Reading for Friday (response or pratice problem due 6am): Section 4.3.1 (pp. 364--375) | |
11/12, lab | Lab 8, part A due Monday, 11/29, 6am part B due Wednesday, 12/1 part C due Monday, 6am, 12/6 | ||
11/12, class | SEQ and Pipelining | ||
11/15, class | Handling Hazards in Pipelining | ||
11/17, class | How to Heroically Handle Hazards | Reading for Monday (response due by 6am): Into the Wild... | |
11/19, class | Guest Lecture: Intro to Optimization | ||
11/22, class | Class discussion Jack-London-themed paper | ||
11/24 |
No class -- Thanksgiving Break
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11/26 |
No class -- Thanksgiving Break
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11/29 | Loop unrolling and measuring speedups | ||
12/1 | No class -- Matt was sick | ||
12/3 | Memory Hierarchy, part 1 | ||
12/6, lab | Lab 9 | ||
12/6 | Memory Hierarchy: Show me the Cache | ||
12/8 | Memory Hierarchy: Set Associative Cache | ||
12/10 | Final Class: Problem Review | Reading Response due on SHARK | |
12/14 |
Final Exam
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